GLASGOW, July 26 \u2014 The national men\u2019s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss in their opening Group B match of the 2026 Commonwealth Games here today when Wales snatched victory by a single point in the last minute.<\/p>\n
Muhamad Atib Zakaria, Muhammad Roozaimi Johari and Freday Tan were just moments from celebrating their win as each team had traded the lead throughout the match when the Welsh team of Ben Johnson-Rolfe, Dan May and Alexander Marshall-Wilson managed to end the match 14-13 in their favour.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously we want to win our first match, but it wasn\u2019t our day. The last shot didn\u2019t happen, so we will focus on the next two matches against Scotland and South Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur chance of advancing is still there. The group winner will qualify directly to the semifinal, while the second and third placed teams will play in the quarterfinals,\u201d he said when met by Bernama after the match at Scottish Event Campus here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Muhamad Atib, who scored 10 points in today\u2019s match, said that the team would need to improve their communication in the next two games, especially when trying to score so they wouldn\u2019t be rushed in the last moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think today we were just unlucky but I\u2019m convinced we will rise again in the next matches,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Malaysia will play Scotland and South Africa next Monday (July 27). \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n
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