Jay Meena Reaches Semifinal, Assures India's First Soft Tennis Medal
Jay Meena has guaranteed India's first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis, beating the Philippines' Sherwin Nuguit 4-3 in a seven-set thriller (0-4, 4-2, 2-4, 4-2, 5-3, 2-4, 7-5) in the men's singles quarter-final.
The win sends Meena into the semi-finals, assuring at least a bronze medal in a discipline India has never medalled in before at the Asian Games.