Sathiyan wins Indian Oil TT Championship

G SathiyanThe top seeded G Sathiyan has won the junior boy's singles title of Indian Oil National Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2009 after ousting Harmeet Desai in the final match at Gandhidham in Ahmedabad on Monday.

The Tamil Nadu boy, Sathiyan defeated his opponent in straight sets by 11-5, 13-11, 11-9, 13-11 to clinch the title. Later in the day, Sathiyan also won the youth boy's title.

Sathiyan outplayed Soumyajit Ghosh in the final match by 11-4, 11-2, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5 to lift the youth boy's singles title. Soumyadeep Roy defeated Anirban Nandy 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 8-11, 12
-10, 1-11, 11-8 to win the men's title.

K Shamini won the title in the women's category after defeating Divya Deshpande 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7 in the final.

In youth girl's event, Ankita Das defeated Pallavi Kundu 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4 to lift the title. Mallika Bhandarkar of Maharashtra won the junior girl's title after outclassing Karthika 11-8, 11-7,
11-6, 11-9 in the title clash.