Nagoya, Sep 26 Indian debutant Paritosh’s campaign in the Puyo Puyo Champions esports event at the Asian Games ended in the quarterfinals after he suffered a 0-5 loss to South Korea’s Kang Dongshin here on Saturday.
Paritosh could not win a single period as Kang completed a comfortable 5-0 victory to advance to the semifinals at Aichi Sky Expo Hall D.
Paritosh had secured his place in the quarterfinals after finishing third in Group B with two wins and two losses on Thursday.
Paritosh began his campaign with a 3-0 win over Mongolia’s Munkhzorig Ganbold before edging past Singapore’s Koh Mun June Justin 3-2 in the event, which is a puzzle video game. He then suffered a 0-3 loss to Chinese Taipei’s Tzu-ang Kuo and went down 2-3 to Thailand’s Tanarak Wongkitikun.
(PTI News)
