Asian Games 2026 Highlights: Quimcy Dsouza into Teqball semis; women’s cricket team advance to semis

Soft Tennis, Men's Team Group C: India 0-3 Chinese Taipei

The reigning silver medalist, the Chinese Taipei men's team, clean-swept India in the second group tie with a 5-1 win in the second doubles match.

India's Om Yadav and Aniket Patel lost 0-4, 4-2, 1-4, 1-4, 2-4, 2-4 to Chen Po Yi and Chen Yu Hsun, ending the tie with a 0-3 defeat. Earlier in the tie, India had lost the first doubles 0-5 and the only singles match 1-4.

The team will next face Mongolia in their final group tie at 9:30 AM, and a win will book their spot in the quarterfinals.

Soft Tennis, Men's Team Group C: India 0-2 Chinese Taipei! Lost the tie

Aryan Thakur lost the singles match 1-4 (1-4, 3-5, 3-5, 4-2, 1-4) to Chang Yu Sung, giving an unassailable lead to Chinese Taipei in the tie and confirming India's first defeat of the tournament.

Aryan had his moments in a couple of games, as two of the five games were decided on extra points, and he even snatched one game from Sung, but couldn't find the much-needed win.

Despite the defeat, India will still play the second doubles match between Om Yadav /Aniket Patel and Chen Po Yi/Chen Yu Hsun, as every match counts for group standings.

Soft Tennis, Men's team Group C: India 0-1 Chinese Taipei

Indian pair Jay Meena and Yogesh Choudhary lost in straight games to the experienced pair of Yu Kai-wen and Lin Wei-chieh in the first doubles.

The Indian pair couldn't offer much against the reigning medalists in the first four games, losing 2-4, 1-4, 2-4, 1-4. In the fifth game, they had a 3-1 lead but again failed to convert and lost 3-5.

The tie's fate now lies with Aryan Thakur in singles, who will be up against Chang Yu Sung next.

Teqball, Women's Singles Group Stage: Quimcy Dsouza registers second consecutive win to reach semis

Quimcy Dsouza made it two out of two wins from the group stage with straight-sets (12-9, 12-7) win over Cambodia's Kemyean Dy to top Group A and qualify for the semi-finals.

As Quimcy topped the group, she will get a direct entry to the semi-finals, and she will have a bye in the quarterfinals.

She had earlier defeated the top-seeded Japanese player and will now hope to confirm a medal with a semi-final win on Saturday.

Teqball is making its debut at the Asian Games this year, which means she has a chance to become the first Indian to win a Teqball medal at this quadrennial event.

Teqball, Women's Singles Group Stage: Quimcy Dsouza upsets top seed

A phenomenal start for India in teqball as Quimcy Dsouza beat the host nation’s Yuina Sakamoto in the women’s singles Group A match.

Quimcy lost the first set 10-12 but quickly recovered to take the next two sets and the match to upset the top-seeded player and open her campaign on a high.

She will play Cambodia's Koemyean Dy next.

Soft Tennis, Men's team Group C: India beat Laos 3-0

India’s men’s soft tennis team made a winning start to their Asian Games campaign, defeating Laos 3-0 in the Men’s Team Group C match at the Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Centre.

The men’s doubles pair of Jay Meena and Yogesh Choudhary won the opening doubles match 5-0, followed by a one-sided 4-0 win for Aryan Thakur in singles.

In the third match of the tie, Aniket Patel and Om Yadav wasted no time in beating Senthanongvath Pasomsouk and Viengthong Phienvihane 5-0 in the second doubles.

India will now face Chinese Taipei (7:30 AM) and Mongolia (9:30 AM) in other Group C round-robin matches. 

Soft Tennis, Men's team Group C: India leads 2-0 against Laos

India's Aryan Thakur needed only 13 minutes to wrap up the second match of the men's team tie against Bekki Vongphakdy in men's singles

Next up, Aniket Patel and Om Yadav vs Senthanongvath Pasomsouk and Viengthong Phienvihane. The tie is played as a best-of-three matches with two doubles matches and one singles match. 

Soft Tennis, Men's team Group C match: Early advantage for team India

Indian men’s team made a strong start, with the doubles pair of Jay Meena and Yogesh Choudhary winning their opening match 4-0 against the Lao People’s Democratic Republic's Sataporn Simmalavong and Phatthana Louangsisombath.

With India taking an early lead, Aryan Thakur takes on Bekki Vongphakyd in the singles match.

Indians in action

A closer look at India’s action-packed schedule for September 18.

Welcome to The Bridge’s live coverage of Day 2 of the Asian Games 2026!

There is plenty more action to look forward to today as Teqball action continues. Indian athletes in soft tennis and the women’s cricket team begin their campaigns. Stay with us throughout the day for live scores, results, key moments, schedule updates and all the major developments from Aichi-Nagoya.