India's Dipika Pallikal on Saturday settled for a bronze medal in the women's singles squash event after losing to defending champion Nicol David of Malaysia in the semifinals of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
Pallikal lost to the Malaysian stalwart and former world number one 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 6-11) in the semifinals.
Pallikal had beaten Japanese Kobayashi Misaki 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
Both the losing semifinalists win a bronze and there is no bronze-medal play-off.
David has won the Asian Games singles titles four times earlier.