Greco, who is seeded sixth in the singles and first alongside Margaret Osmundson in the doubles, expressed her gratitude to the International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) for the new disciplines featuring at the competition in Poland.

Although not counting any wins before they happen, Greco said she would be overwhelmed if she was to stand on the podium at the Gliwice Arena.

"That would be beyond-words meaningful to me," Greco told insidethegames when asked about the prospect of winning a medal.

"It's been a dream of mine since 2019 when I first found teqball, so if I could come away with a medal in one or both categories, I would sleep happy that night.

"Having the first women's tournament's here this year, I'm so grateful to teqball for giving us the opportunity.

"Not every sport gives that equal opportunity and thank you for FITEQ for doing that."

This will be the first time women-only categories have been in place at the Teqball World Championships.

Greco, along with Osmundson and top-ranked singles player Anna Izsák of Hungary, are among those entered in more than one event.

"For managing singles and doubles, I think Margie and I naturally complement each other," Greco said.

"We've been playing soccer together for 10 years, so even though this is a different sport, we were co-captains in college and we're playing together in teqball.

"I think that it is a seamless transition for us because we have led a championship-winning team before.

"I think it's a really big advantage especially as this is the very first women's tournament I think that we have been playing longer than most of the teams out here, that is something that we want to capitalise on."

The women's singles group stage continues tomorrow, along with the start of the women's doubles group competition.