KUALA LUMPUR: National women’s squash ace S Sivasangari has been honoured as the Athlete of the Month for April by The World Games.

This is in recognition of her achievement at the inaugural London Classic where she emerged champion by defeating top-ranked players last month.

According to The World Games Facebook post tonight, the recognition stemmed from her inspirational journey of overcoming adversity to achieve remarkable success after a challenging incident.

“World No 13 Sivasangari Subramaniam won the prestigious GillenMarkets London Squash Classic, beating world No 1 Nour El Sherbini in the quarter-final, world No 4 Nele Gilis in the semi-final and world No 2 Hania El Hammamy in the final.

“And all these only two years after she was in a life-threatening car crash, where her head, spine and neck were badly injured and doctors feared she might never walk again.

“Well, she walks – and she wins,” according to the statement.