Asian Games 2026: Quimcy to compete in teqball ladies’s singles bronze medal match, loses in semis

Nagoya [Japan], September 19 (ANI): India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza misplaced the semifinals within the ladies’s singles teqball occasion on Saturday and shall be competing within the bronze medal match. 

Dsouza topped Group A after securing wins over opponents from Japan and Cambodia and can face Indonesia’s Sumaya within the semi-final on Saturday, reserving her slot within the semifinals. 

In the semifinals, she was pitted in opposition to Indonesia’s Sumaya, dropping to her 1-2. The Indian sealed the primary set 12-7, following which the Indonesian received back-to-back video games 9-12, 7-12. 

Earlier, Dsouza and Mohamed Anas Imran Beg defeated the Philippines’ Abulencia Jhoana and Agustin Prince 2-0 within the Teqball blended doubles repechage to qualify for the bronze medal match on Friday.

The Indian duo will now proceed their bid for a podium end on Sunday. The Dsouza-Beg duo received the primary set of the repechage 12-3 after which received the second set 12-6 to safe a straight-set victory.

Earlier, Dsouza and Beg misplaced to Vietnam’s Gian Nghi Trinh and Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen within the blended doubles quarter-finals. The Indian pair have been overwhelmed 0-2 in straight units after struggling to seek out their rhythm within the opening set, as they have been defeated 12-7. They confirmed larger resistance within the second however couldn’t power a deciding recreation because the Vietnamese pair received the second set 12-10. (ANI)