Top seed Veer Chotrani and Tanvi Khanna clinched the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, at the HCL Squash Indian Tour Mumbai 2025 event at the Otters Club in Mumbai on Friday.
The 23-year-old Chotrani, world No. 56, outplayed 107th-ranked Wong Chi Him of Hong Kong China 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7) in the men’s final that lasted 26 minutes.
The son of two-time national squash champion Manish Chotrani, Veer stormed into the final with a 3-0 win over Hong Kong China’s Tang Ming Hong.
Chotrani has been in good form this season. At the World Squash Championships 2024–25 in Chicago, he stunned England’s world No. 27 Declan James in the opening round and pushed four-time world champion Ali Farag to the brink, holding game point in the fourth before bowing out 3-1.
He had earlier sealed his spot at the 2025 World Championships by winning the Asian qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur, alongside Anahat Singh, who skipped the meet in Mumbai.
The victory in Mumbai added to Veer Chotrani’s PSA collection, which includes a title at the SRFI Indian Tour in Chennai this year.
Last year, Chotrani secured PSA titles at the White Oaks Cup and MetroWest in the USA. In 2023, Chotrani had bagged three PSA titles, including his maiden win at the MetroWest, the PVD Squash RI Open and the Greenwich Open.
In the women’s draw, sixth seed and world No. 105 Tanvi Khanna lifted her first title of the season, defeating Egyptian top seed Amina El Rihany (world No. 63) 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 1-11, 11-8).
It was the second straight final for the Indian squash player, who finished runner-up at the Jaipur leg of the tour last month.
Her path to the final was eased after compatriot Akanksha Salunkhe, the second seed and ranked 67th, retired midway in the semi-final. Salunkhe had taken the opening game and was leading in the second when injury forced her withdrawal.
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