Jay Meena etched his name in the annals of Indian sports, becoming the first athlete from the country to win a medal at the Asian Soft Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Jay, who is a cousin of the Indian pole vault national record holder Dev Meena, secured the medal by reaching the men’s singles semi-finals at the 2025 Asian Soft Tennis Championships in South Korea.
Jay beat China’s Li Run Cheng 4-1 to book his spot in the semi-finals and assure himself of a historic medal.
The Indian would later go on to lose 1-4 to Chinese Taipei’s Chen Po Yi in the semi-finals to bring home a bronze medal.
Though Jay was outplayed in the semi-finals, he became the first Indian to win a medal at the Asian Soft Tennis Championships.
Last year, Jay had won India’s first-ever medal at the World Soft Tennis Championships when he clinched the mixed doubles bronze along with Aadhya Tiwari.
Jay had also reached the quarter-finals at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou two years go.
Source: The Bridge
