{"id":47887,"date":"2026-04-13T03:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/47887\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:04:40","slug":"sivasangari-eyes-career-high-world-n0-5-ranking-at-zurichs-grasshopper-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/47887\/","title":{"rendered":"Sivasangari Eyes Career-High World N0.5 Ranking at Zurich\u2019s Grasshopper Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S.Sivasangari is now at the edge of achieving a career milestone, as she aims on breaking into the world\u2019s top five at the upcoming Grasshopper Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, from 21st to 26th April.<\/p>\n<p>Currently she is ranked world No.6 and is just 19 points behind Nouran Gohar from Egypt, who is now at No.5 with 994 points. The gap of the points is an opportunity for Sivasangari to climb the rankings if she gives a strong performance in Zurich.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-117731 perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-09-at-17.07.06-1240x698.webp.webp\"  data-\/>Image Source: Sivasangari Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Right after Australian Open recently, Sivasangari has been in a impressive form, strengthening her position among the world\u2019s elite. National coach Ajaz Azmat said that reaching the final tournament could be enough to push her into top 5 for the first time in her career.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has been improving under the guidance of former world champion Gregory Gaultier with whom she is currently training with in Prague. Her recent game reflected consistency and growing confidence when performing on a international stage. Seeded 3rd for this year\u2019s Grasshopper Cup, Sivasangari is now going to face world No.3 Amina Orfi in the semi finals. This game determines her path to the finals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-117728 perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"1240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SnapInsta.to_590415120_18549956278044178_2095004187500513628_n-992x1240.webp.webp\"  data-\/>Image Source: Sivasangari Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Having reached the finals in 2025 before falling to Gohar, Sivasangari returns this year with the aim of going one step further, with added motivation of securing historic ranking breakthrough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leading Malaysia\u2019s Charge<\/p>\n<p>While many Malaysian players have been seen in the latest world rankings, such as Aira Azman and Ng Eain Yow, it is Sivasangari who remains at the forefront of the country\u2019s campaign on the global stage. As Grasshopper Cup nears, everyone wishes and eyes on her performance with a place the world\u2019s top 5 is within a reach.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/sports\/racquet-sports\/2026\/04\/1415901\/sivasangari-targets-career-high-world-number-five-ranking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/varnammalaysia\" style=\"color:orange;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/varnammalaysia\" style=\"color:orange;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/varnammalaysia\" style=\"color:orange;\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> for more updates and breaking news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S.Sivasangari is now at the edge of achieving a career milestone, as she aims on breaking into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27586,27587,27588,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-47887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zurich","8":"tag-grasshopper-cup","9":"tag-malaysia-squash-player","10":"tag-s-sivasangari","11":"tag-zurich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116395184222175382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}