Indian teqball player Quimcy Dsouza moved within one victory of the women’s singles final at the Asian Games 2026 after winning both her Group A matches at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center on Friday.
The world No. 24 began her campaign by upsetting Japan’s world No. 7 Yuina Sakamoto in a closely fought contest.
After losing the opening set, Quimcy Dsouza bounced back to win the match 2-1 (10-12, 12-11, 13-11).
She followed it up with a more comprehensive 2-0 (12-9, 12-7) victory over Cambodia’s DY Koemyean to book her place in Saturday’s semi-finals, where she will face Sumaya of Indonesia.
Quimcy Dsouza is part of the first generation of Indian teqball players and has largely developed her game without access to a dedicated coach.
Alongside competing, she works as a test engineer for sporting goods retailer and has also established the Teqball Club of Bangalore to help grow the sport.
With teqball making its Asian Games debut at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, Quimcy Dsouza said competing for India at the continental Games carried huge significance for her.
“I think representing India at the Asian Games is a huge opportunity, and not just an opportunity, it’s an important platform for all of us,” Dsouza told Olympics.com.
For the Indian who has been involved with teqball since before the sport gained wider recognition in the country, the bigger ambition is to use the Asian Games platform to introduce the sport to a larger audience.
“We’ve all dreamt of this day when we will get a medal back for India,” she said. “The dream has always been for every Indian to know what teqball is.
“We’ve always dreamt of standing on the podium there and having a medal around our neck; (for teqball) to be a recognised sport.”
A victory over Sumaya on Saturday will send Quimcy Dsouza into the women’s singles final to contest for the gold medal, while a semi-final defeat would see her vie for the bronze on Sunday.
Teqball, which originated in Hungary, is a sport which combines elements of football and table tennis which is played on a curved table. Two players or pairs volley a ball across a net using any body part except the hands.
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