Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 23 -- Indian soft tennis player Jay Meena, who scripted history by winning the country's first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport, dedicated his bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 to his coaches, the Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India (ASTFI), the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the government.

Meena scripted history by winning the country's first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis, securing bronze in the men's singles event at the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday.

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...