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.

As The World Games Athlete of the Month, Sivasangari will receive a diploma and a branded gift.

Last Saturday, PSA World Tour named Sivasangari as its Player of the Month for April.

In 2022, Sivasangari suffered life-threatening injuries in a traffic accident here which kept her out of the Commonwealth Games and caused mobility issues in her neck.

The national No 1 now looks back to her best with her London Classic title, the first gold-level event won by a Malaysian since Nicol David in 2015.

Sivasangari also won two gold medals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games last October, as well as the PSA World Tour bronze-level Hong Kong Football Club Open crown in November.