New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Indian soft tennis player Jay Meena dedicated his historic Asian Games 2026 bronze medal to his countrymen, saying the achievement was the result of years of hard work by athletes, coaches, family members and everyone involved in developing the sport in India.

Jay Meena scripted history by winning the country's first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Meena's campaign ended in the semi-finals, where he lost 2-4 to Japan's Takuya Kurosaka. The Indian dropped the first three sets before fighting back to win the fourth and fifth sets and reduce the deficit to 2-3. However, Kurosaka won the sixth set 4-1 to seal the contest. The final scoreline was 3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 6-4, 1-4.

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