He defeated PSPB colleague and reigning national champion Soumyajit Ghosh 4-2 in the final. Veteran player Poulomi Ghatak won the women's singles crown beating PSPB teammate Pooja Sahasrabudhe 4-2.
At 10-9 serving for the championship, Sathiyan must have had his foot in the mouth. Luckily, the rally yielded him the last point which came off a backhand flick. It was very badly needed as Sathiyan had goofed it up in the previous game-he missed two championships point-while allowing Soumyajit Ghosh save six.
"I was really delighted to keep my attacking posture right through. Credit to my coach S. Raman (former national champion)," added Sathiyan, who got a Rs. 75,000 winner's cheque.
Similarly, fit-again former national champion Poulomi demonstrated that all was well with her play to defeat young Pooja in the evening, after having felled second-seed Madhurika Patkar in the semifinal 4-3 in the morning. Poulomi's efforts fetched her Rs. 58,000.
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Men (Final): G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) 4-2 (11-1, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9); Semifinals: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10), G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Sarthak Gandhi (FCI) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7).
Doubles (Final): G. Sathiyan/Sourav Saha (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh/Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9). Women (Final): Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8); Semifinals: Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) bt Mousumi Paul (PSPB) 4-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-6), Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar (RSPB) 4-3 (2-11, 12-10, 11-13, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3).