Indore, March 22 -- Manav Thakkar and Yashaswini Ghorpade emerged as the new national champions after winning the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, at the 87th National Table Tennis Championships, which concluded in Indore on Saturday.

According to Olympics.com, the top seed Manav Thakkar produced a commanding performance in the men's singles final, defeating Jeet Chandra 4-1 (11-2, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3) to secure his maiden national title.

Thakkar dominated the early exchanges, racing through the first two games before Jeet staged a brief comeback in the third. However, the top seed quickly regained control to close out the match in style.

In the women's singles final, eighth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade also claimed her f...