Sports · 25 September 2026
Jay Meena Secures India's Maiden Asian Games Soft Tennis Bronze
Exam-focused facts from the 25 September 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Jay Meena won India's first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, a bronze in the men's singles, after losing 2-4 to Japan's Takuya Kurosaka in the semifinals in Nagoya on September 23, 2026.
- The 26-year-old Meena, playing his third Asian Games after the 2018 and 2022 editions, fought back from three games behind before losing the 45-minute semifinal 2-4 (3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 6-4, 1-4).
- Meena, from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh and a 2022 National Games gold-medallist, reached the semifinals by beating the Philippines' Sherwin Nuguit 4-3 in the quarterfinal.
- Earlier, Meena defeated Pakistan's Arain Hussain 4-0 in Group D to qualify for the quarterfinals.
- Meena had previously won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event of the 2024 World Soft Tennis Championship.