The winning duo made it to the final after defeating the Econ Kalyan pair of N Venkatesh and Bharat Sasane. Ranade and Sathe were initially down 1-3, but made a teriffic comeback to take the match at 8-5.

In the other semi-final, Dr. Nitin Bhave and SS Joshi from PYC went down tamely to Jamenis and Kasat at 9-2.

Bhave's ground strokes had been all but nullified by Jamenis's chips and Rajesh's flat shots.

During the prize distribution, RG Bapat, Director of sponsors Vidya Sahakari Bank declared their intention to sponsor the next event as well.