Harinder, Hanna advance to the finals

Pic Caption: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (orange) in action during his match against the 2nd seed Aditya Jagtap in the semi finals of the  HCL-SRFI India Tour played at the Willingdon Sports Club here on Friday

Mumbai 20^th December: 4^th seed Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu played brilliantly to upset 2^nd seed Aditya Jagtap to advance to the finals of the HCL-SRFI India Tour played at the Willingdon Sports Club Squash Courts here on Friday. 7^th seed Hana Ramadan overcame a strong challenge from Tanvi Khanna on her road to the finals.

Aditya got into the game very early and hit a few amazing strokes to race to 11-8 victory In the first game. After the setback, Harinder refocused and got back into the game matching Jagtap in speed and Skill to force a tie-breaker at 10-10, Harinder kept his nerves and kept attacking Jagtap's weak areas winning the 2^nd game 15-13. Harinder was unstoppable as he went on to take the 3^rd and 4^th set 11-5, 11-9 defeating a higher ranked opponent to advance to the finals.

In the women’s semi-finals, 7^th seed Hana Ramadan of Egypt continued her fine run in the tournament as she defeated a higher ranked Tanvi Khanna to advance to the finals. Hana faced a stiff challenge, but she was able to hold off Tanvi during the crucial moments to take the game 11-8, 11-9, 11-3.