Jay Meena wins India's first-ever Asian Games soft tennis medal
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Jay Meena has won India's first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis despite recovering from a severe illness and managing a hip injury.
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- Jay Meena overcame a severe typhoid infection and a hip injury to secure a bronze medal in soft tennis at the 2026 Asian Games.
- The athlete faced significant physical and mental challenges, including difficult travel and nutritional conditions in Nagoya.
- His journey into the sport began as a school-mandated activity to manage his behavioral issues as a child.
- This victory represents a historic milestone for India in the sport of soft tennis.
What to watch next
- Future availability of dedicated catering support for Indian athletes at international events
- Ongoing recovery and treatment of Meena's hip injury
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“I started light warm-ups, I started training again. I could not sit at home at such a moment”
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…Meena narrates that for 15 days, he was completely out of action and the clock on the Asian Games was ticking down. All his efforts over the course of the past few months had just been undone by the viral infection. “ I started light warm-ups, I started training again. I could not sit at home at such a moment ,” he tells TimesofIndia.com, with the urgency of the situation still quite evident in his voice. He recovered just in time to board the flight to Tokyo and the Shinkansen (train) to Nagoya. The ordeal, however, was far…
“There were a lot of disappointing nights, a lot of self-doubts that we had all night. When we lost the quarter-final against Indonesia, it was a big opportunity on the 18th. If we had won that day, then Soft Tennis would have opened the (medal) account for India. After that, there was (the) mixed doubles in which Aadhya and I reached the pre-quarter-finals but lost. So, there were very disappointing nights going on day by day”
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…medal got smaller and the internal battles got bigger. First, the men’s team, also featuring Meena, lost 0-2 to Indonesia in the quarter-finals. Then, Meena and Aadhya Tiwari lost in the first round of mixed doubles. “ There were a lot of disappointing nights, a lot of self-doubts that we had all night. When we lost the quarter-final against Indonesia, it was a big opportunity on the 18th. If we had won that day, then Soft Tennis would have opened the (medal) account for India. After that, there was (the) mixed doubles in which Aadhya and I reached the pre-quarter-finals but lost. So, there were very disappointing nights going on day by day ,” said Meena in reflection of the start of the competition. “After all these things, it was very difficult to come back and gain confidence after the self-doubt. It was very difficult to wake up every morning with new…
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NamedIndia · Japan · Dewas · Nagoya · Aadhya Tiwari · Asian Games · International Soft Tennis Federation · Jay Meena · Rameshwar Meena · Sudesh Sangte · Takuya Kurosaka · Yash Meena
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