Veer Chotrani in the men’s section and Amina El Rihany of Egypt in the women’s event will be the top seeds in the second PSA Challenger of the HCL Squash Indian Tour, to be staged at the Otters Club in Mumbai from September 8 to 12.
Suraj Kumar Chand, Rahul Baitha, Om Semwal, Ayaan Vaziralli, Yusha Nafees and Gurveer Singh will be the other Indians in the men’s event offering $9,000 prize money. The other players will be from Egypt, Malaysia, Japan, France, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Iran, Malta and New Zealand.
Akanksha Salunkhe has been seeded second in the women’s event which will also be offering $9,000 prize money. Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz, Anjali Semwal, Nirupama Dubey, Janet Vidhi and Tanishka Jain will be some of the other Indian players.
About half-a-dozen more Indians are also scheduled to figure in the women’s draw, including Sanya Vats and Unnati Tripathi.
“The HCL Squash Tour is about building pathways for Indian athletes. Since 2016, we have partnered SRFI to host more than 40 tournaments. With the support of SAI and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, we can now offer world class competition at home, reducing the barriers our players face in chasing international ranking points,” said Rajat Chandolia, Head of Brand, HCL.
“We are proud to partner HCL and SAI in delivering world class events that give our players invaluable experience,” Cyrus Poncha, SRFI secretary-general, said.
Published – September 06, 2025 07:17 pm IST
