Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won their maiden senior national table tennis singles titles in Surat on Sunday (January 26).

In the women’s singles final of the 86th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium, Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 21-year-old Diya defeated her teammate Sreeja Akula 4-3 (10-12, 8-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9) in a thriller. It was a grand double for Diya as she had won the women’s doubles trophy with Sreeja on Saturday at the same venue.

What Diya said

“It is an amazing feeling to win my maiden senior nationals title. Honestly, it is yet to sink in. I am really happy that I could convert my final appearance into a national title,” Diya told The Federal after the win.

Source: The Federal