Mumbai, Dec 21 (PTI) Fourth seed Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu andHana Ramadan of Egypt emerged as champions in the men's and women's category respectively in the third leg of the HCL-SRFI India Tour.

The five-day tournament was held at the Willingdon Sports Club.

Harinder concluded a successful week as he defeated 7th seed Tomotaka Endo of Japan in straight games to clinch the trophy, while 7th seed Hana overcame a strong challenge from Lucy Turnmel of England to take home the Women's Open title.

Harinder, whose journey has been marred with injuries, had a fantastic run upto the final, defeating top players, including 2nd seed Aditya Jagtap.

Harinder brought out his A game right from the first point, putting Tomotaka in a tough spot with his drop shots.

Harinder closed the first game at 11-5 after leading 9-2 at one point.

The second game saw no change in fortunes for the Japanese as Harinder kept executing his plans consistently to take it 11-6.

The 3rd game saw a tough battle between the two, with the scores levelled at 4-4.

Just when it looked like Tomotaka had clawed back into the game, Harinder found his rhythm and managed to score back-to back points to take a 8-4 lead, eventually taking the match 11-7 and the championship by 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.

"After being diagnosed with Scoliosis and Nerve Impingements, I was unable to walk or do basic activities. I recieved a lot of help from the Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance Center as they helped me relearn and adjust to my new body very quickly," Harinder said.

"I have not fully recovered and I have to give my 200 per cent in every match in order to move ahead. I am happy that my efforts have paid off in this tournament," he added.

Meanwhile, Hana Ramadan had to fight hard to take the women's title defeating Lucy Turnmel 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 11-3.

Hana was pushed hard by Lucy right from the first game but she kept her cool to win points at crucial moments to take the 1st game 11-8.

Lucy came back strongly, pushing Hana to all corners of the court, to take the 2nd game and level the scores.

However, Lucy lost momentum after her win which helped Hana dominate the 3rd and 4th game 11-3, 11-4 to clinch the title.

The prizes were given by former Mumbai Ranji stalwart Amol Mazumdar.

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