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Dsouza's Valiant Fight Ends In Teqball Bronze Miss
Quimcy Dsouza played teqball for India at the Asian Games.
She faced Japan's Yuina Sakamoto in a match for the bronze medal.
Dsouza lost two sets without winning one.
However, both sets were extremely close, ending 11-12.
She had a chance to win the first set.
In the second set, she led 10-8 and later fought back from match point.
A foul then allowed Sakamoto to win the match.
Teqball is played on a curved table, and players can use most parts of their body except their hands and arms.
Indian teqball player Quimcy Dsouza lost 0-2 to Japan's Yuina Sakamoto in the women's singles bronze-medal match.
Both sets ended 11-12, despite Dsouza holding set point in the first and leading 10-8 in the second.
Dsouza fought back from match point down in the second set before committing a foul that ended the contest.
Sakamoto, ranked world No. 7, won in front of a partisan home crowd in Japan.
Teqball, a football-and-table-tennis hybrid, made its Asian Games debut at the 20th edition.
- Who
- Indian teqball player Quimcy Dsouza and Japan's Yuina Sakamoto.
- What
- Sakamoto defeated Dsouza 2-0 in the women's singles bronze-medal match.
- Where
- At the Asian Games in Japan.
- When
- Saturday, according to the report.
- Why
- The match was played to decide the women's singles teqball bronze medal.
Key facts
- Result
- Yuina Sakamoto defeated Quimcy Dsouza 2-0.
- Set scores
- Both sets ended 11-12.
- Event
- Women's singles teqball bronze-medal match.
- D'souza's advantage
- She held set point in the first set and led 10-8 in the second.
- Sakamoto's ranking
- Japan's Yuina Sakamoto was identified as the world No. 7.
- Sport debut
- Teqball debuted at the 20th Asian Games.
- Sport format
- Players use any body part except their hands and arms, with a maximum of three touches per side.
Sources
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