[citation needed] In November 2006 at the World Open in Belfast, she justified her seeding of eighth by reaching the quarter-finals.

[1] However, a serious head injury sustained when Madeline was mugged in Milan, Italy, put a halt to the rest of the season.

In her first event back in 2008, in the Buler Challenge in Hong Kong, she reached the final.

)[4] She then made it to the semis of the Seoul Open, followed by the semi-final berth at the CIMB Singapore Masters from an unseeded position and, by April 2011, Perry had reached a career-high world ranking of No.

[5][6] In April 2014 she made squash history as the oldest female player to retain a top 10 position, when she was ranked No.