The Senior National Table Tennis Championships of the year 2018 was held recently in Cuttack, Odisha.
Achanta Sharath Kamal (TN) has created history at the 80th National Table Tennis Championship by winning the title for the 9th time by beating G Sathiyan (TN) in the final.
Sharath broke the long-standing record of Kamlesh Mehta who had 8 wins in the National Table Tennis Championship.
Archana Kamath (18) from Karnataka beat Krittwika Sinha Roy of West Bengal and won her first senior singles national title.
Thus, Archana become the 2nd paddler from Karnataka after Usha Sunder Raj, a 5-time national champion, to win the crown.