Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Jay Meena Reaches Asian Games Soft Tennis Quarterfinals
Jay Meena of India won his soft tennis match at the 2026 Asian Games.
He beat Arain Hussain of Pakistan without dropping a set.
This win moved Meena into the quarterfinals.
He will next play Sherwin Nuguit from the Philippines.
Another Indian player, Aryan Thakur, won one match but lost another.
Aadhya Tiwari won her match against Pakistan’s Kainaat Shallwani.
However, Tiwari had lost her first Group D match to Thailand’s Alisha Ziegler.
The matches were played in Nagoya.
India’s Jay Meena defeated Pakistan’s Arain Hussain 4-0 in Group D.
Meena will face the Philippines’ Sherwin Nuguit in the quarterfinals.
Aryan Thakur beat Mongolia’s Altangerel Bold-Erdene 4-0 but lost 0-4 to Chinese Taipei’s Chen Po-Yi.
Aadhya Tiwari defeated Pakistan’s Kainaat Shallwani 4-0 in women’s singles.
Tiwari had earlier lost 1-4 to Thailand’s Alisha Ziegler in her opening Group D match.
- Who
- Indian soft tennis players Jay Meena, Aryan Thakur and Aadhya Tiwari, alongside competitors from several Asian countries.
- What
- Jay Meena reached the quarterfinals after defeating Pakistan’s Arain Hussain 4-0.
- When
- Tuesday during the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Nagoya, including the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center.
- Why
- Meena advanced by winning his Group D match.
- Event
- Soft tennis at the 2026 Asian Games
- City
- Nagoya
- Meena’s result
- 4-0 win over Arain Hussain of Pakistan
- Next opponent
- Sherwin Nuguit of the Philippines
- Aryan Thakur
- Beat Altangerel Bold-Erdene 4-0; lost 0-4 to Chen Po-Yi
- Aadhya Tiwari
- Beat Kainaat Shallwani 4-0
- Tiwari’s opening match
- Lost 1-4 to Alisha Ziegler of Thailand