While the ongoing Coronavirus-caused lockdown has left many athletes frustrated with their inability to train, Mumbai-based reigning Junior and Youth National table tennis champion Diya Chitale is keeping herself busy at home with the theory as well as the practical aspect of her game.

For the theoretical part, Chitale, 17, has been attending online sessions with her coaches, and on the practical front, she is training with a robot. Taking a cue from India's top men's paddler G Sathiyan, who is also training at home in Chennai with a robot, Chitale has expressed her gratitude to Mumbai District Table Tennis Association secretary Sameer Bhate for providing a table and a robot to help sharpen her skills.