<p>Former national champion Chetan of PSPB was stretched fully by fourth seed Anand Pawar of Air India in a see-saw battle before winning the men’s final 20-22, 21-12, 21-17 in just over an hour to pocket the top prize of Rs 75,000.<br /><br />The women’s summit clash was tame and error-prone, in which second seed Sayali of Air India outsmarted fifth seed Neha Pandit of Maharashtra, conqueror of top seed Aditi Mutatkar of PSPB in the quarterfinal, 21-19, 21-15 in only 37 minutes.<br /><br />After losing the first game, Chetan stormed back to clinch the second game in just 17 minutes by using the drop shot to devastating effect.<br /><br />Chetan then had his nose in front right through the decider which he won by repeatedly beating his rival in the net-play and wrapped up the issue. <br /><br />The men’s final started off promisingly with Pawar surging ahead from 14-all and despite some hiccup won the game at 22-20.<br /><br />Chetan, however, bounced back superbly in second game to easily clinch it 21-12.<br />The decider saw both the shuttlers fighting tooth and nail as Pawar rallied from 3-7 down to close the gap to 16-18. But Chetan held his nerves<br /><br />PTI<br /><br />Results (all finals): Men’s singles: 1-Chetan Anand (PSPB) bt 4-Anand Pawar (AI) 20-22, 21-12, 21-17. Doubles: 1-Rupesh Kumar (PSPB)/ Sanave Thomas (Ker) bt 2-Arun Vishnu (Ker)/ K Tarun (AP) 16-21, 21-14, 21-10.<br /><br />Women’s singles: 2-Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt 5-Neha Pandit (Mah) 21-19, 21-15. Doubles: 1-Aparna Balan (Ker)/ Shruti Kurien (PSPB) bt 3-Nitya Sosale (Kar)/ Pradnya Gadre (Mah) 21-18, 21-11. Mixed doubles: 1-V Diju (PSPB)/ M Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) bt 2-Arun Vishnu (Ker)/ Aparna Balan (Ker) 21-14, 14-21, 21-19.</p>
<p>Former national champion Chetan of PSPB was stretched fully by fourth seed Anand Pawar of Air India in a see-saw battle before winning the men’s final 20-22, 21-12, 21-17 in just over an hour to pocket the top prize of Rs 75,000.<br /><br />The women’s summit clash was tame and error-prone, in which second seed Sayali of Air India outsmarted fifth seed Neha Pandit of Maharashtra, conqueror of top seed Aditi Mutatkar of PSPB in the quarterfinal, 21-19, 21-15 in only 37 minutes.<br /><br />After losing the first game, Chetan stormed back to clinch the second game in just 17 minutes by using the drop shot to devastating effect.<br /><br />Chetan then had his nose in front right through the decider which he won by repeatedly beating his rival in the net-play and wrapped up the issue. <br /><br />The men’s final started off promisingly with Pawar surging ahead from 14-all and despite some hiccup won the game at 22-20.<br /><br />Chetan, however, bounced back superbly in second game to easily clinch it 21-12.<br />The decider saw both the shuttlers fighting tooth and nail as Pawar rallied from 3-7 down to close the gap to 16-18. But Chetan held his nerves<br /><br />PTI<br /><br />Results (all finals): Men’s singles: 1-Chetan Anand (PSPB) bt 4-Anand Pawar (AI) 20-22, 21-12, 21-17. Doubles: 1-Rupesh Kumar (PSPB)/ Sanave Thomas (Ker) bt 2-Arun Vishnu (Ker)/ K Tarun (AP) 16-21, 21-14, 21-10.<br /><br />Women’s singles: 2-Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt 5-Neha Pandit (Mah) 21-19, 21-15. Doubles: 1-Aparna Balan (Ker)/ Shruti Kurien (PSPB) bt 3-Nitya Sosale (Kar)/ Pradnya Gadre (Mah) 21-18, 21-11. Mixed doubles: 1-V Diju (PSPB)/ M Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) bt 2-Arun Vishnu (Ker)/ Aparna Balan (Ker) 21-14, 14-21, 21-19.</p>
