Jay Meena: India's first soft tennis Asian Games medallist

Jay Meena poses with his bronze medal at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya, Japan on 23 September 2026, having made history as India's first ever Asian Games medallist in soft tennis. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

At the 20th Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya, Jay Meena secured a landmark bronze medal in men's singles soft tennis on 23 September 2026 — a first for India in the discipline at this continental showpiece. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

India claimed its first ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis through Jay Meena at Aichi Nagoya, Japan on 23 September 2026, marking a breakthrough moment for the sport in the country. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

Competing in the men's singles soft tennis event, Jay Meena won India's first ever Asian Games soft tennis medal — a bronze — at the 20th Asian Games held in Aichi Nagoya, Japan in September 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

The 20th Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya, Japan witnessed a watershed moment for Indian sports on 23 September 2026 as Jay Meena stood on the podium with a bronze medal in soft tennis men's singles. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

By winning the soft tennis men's singles bronze at the 20th Asian Games on 23 September 2026, Jay Meena rewrote Indian sports history, becoming the nation's first ever Asian Games medallist in the discipline at Aichi Nagoya, Japan. (Photo: NationPress/Biplab Banerjee)

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