Mumbai, Sept. 19 -- Nihar Shah, Teqball India's technical director, who is in Nagoya with the country's three-athlete squad, remembers seeing each of those players when they were unable to land a service properly.

These first generation of "teqers" - as they are known and as he calls them - have landed within a step of a first medal at the Asian Games in this debut sport that blends football and table tennis.

Quimcy D'souza was five points away from an assured medal on Saturday, when she surrendered a 7-3 lead in the women's singles semi-final decider as Indonesia's Sumaya reeled off nine straight points for a 2-1 (7-12, 12-9, 12-7) win. Quimcy will have another crack at a medal on Sunday, against Japanese world No.7 Yuina Sakamoto, who...