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Jay Meena Wins India’s First Soft Tennis Asian Games Bronze
Jay Meena won a bronze medal for India in soft tennis at the Asian Games.
This was India’s first soft tennis medal at the event.
He played Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the semifinal.
Jay lost the first three games, but then won the next two.
Kurosaka won the final game and advanced to the final.
Because Jay reached the semifinal, he secured the bronze medal.
Earlier, Jay had beaten Sherwin Nuguit of the Philippines in the quarterfinal.
Jay said the medal encouraged him to work toward winning medals of different colours in the future.
Jay Meena won India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games.
The 26-year-old Indian lost 2-4 to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the men’s singles semifinal.
Meena fought back after losing the first three games but Kurosaka won the sixth game to reach the final.
Meena defeated the Philippines’ Sherwin Nuguit 4-3 in a closely contested quarterfinal.
The medal came in Meena’s third Asian Games appearance after earlier participation in 2018 and 2023.
- Who
- India’s Jay Meena and Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka, with Meena winning the bronze medal.
- What
- Meena won India’s first-ever Asian Games soft tennis medal, a men’s singles bronze.
- Where
- Nagoya.
- When
- Wednesday, September 23, during Meena’s third Asian Games appearance.
- Why
- Meena secured bronze by reaching the semifinal, although he lost that match to Kurosaka 2-4.
Key facts
- Medalist
- Jay Meena
- Medal
- Bronze
- Event
- Asian Games men’s singles soft tennis
- Historic achievement
- India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games
- Semifinal result
- Takuya Kurosaka defeated Jay Meena 4-2
- Quarterfinal result
- Jay Meena defeated Sherwin Nuguit 4-3
- Previous achievement
- Meena was a 2022 National Games gold-medallist
Quotes
Jay Meena
Indian soft tennis player who won the Asian Games men's singles bronze medal
“I know what it takes to win a medal at this stage. Only a player, a coach and their team know how much struggle, how much pain we go through. It's really, really hard. It's so stressful. You have to be mentally strong enough to handle a situation like this”
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“This doesn't change me, but it gives me motivation for my future and upcoming events because this is starting. I crossed the quarters. Now I just have to continue to change the colour of the medals in my future”
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