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Quimcy Dsouza loses bronze in teqball singles and mixed doubles
Corrected 30 September 2026: formatting and attribution errors.
The Story in Brief
India's Quimcy Dsouza lost the women's singles teqball bronze medal match 0-2 to Japan's Yuina Sakamoto at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Saturday, with both sets ending 12-11. Minutes later, Dsouza and partner Mohamed Anas Beg also lost their mixed doubles bronze medal clash 0-2 to Vietnam, capping a double setback.
Dsouza, who beat Sakamoto in the group stage, had set point in the first game and a 10-8 lead in the second but could not close out either set. She saved a match point with a winner before committing a foul that handed Sakamoto the match. The 24-year-old, a seven-time national champion who works as a test engineer at Decathlon in Bengaluru, had earlier lost her singles semifinal to Indonesia's Sumaya 1-2.
Teqball made its Asian Games debut at the 20th edition. The non-contact sport, which combines football and table tennis, is played on a curved table.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The reports agree on how close the singles match was but not on when it was played. The Economic Times and The Times of India place the bronze-medal match on Saturday, while the Hindustan Times, carrying an agency feed, and its own feature say Sunday. No report explains the difference. The Hindustan Times also accounts for the mixed doubles loss: trailing 5-9 in the second game, Dsouza took a 10-minute medical timeout for her lower back and returned with her waist strapped before she and Mohamed Anas Beg lost 0-2 to Vietnam's Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh. The Times of India notes that she had beaten Sakamoto, the world No. 7, in the group stage.
Corrected 30 September 2026: formatting and attribution errors.
Coverage: 6 sources, 4 neutral, 2 sensationalist
Sources (6): timesnownews.com (sensationalist), economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (2) (sensationalist), newindianexpress.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 6 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 6 sources.
