Jay Meena makes history, wins India's maiden Asian Games soft tennis medal

Aichi-Nagoya, Sep 23 (UNI) From helping as a ball boy on a school court in Dewas to becoming the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in soft tennis, Jay Meena scripted a landmark chapter in Indian sport here on Wednesday. Meena secured a historic bronze in the men's singles after his campaign ended with a 2-4 defeat to Japan's Takuya Kurosala in the semifinal. The Indian, who dropped the opening three games, fought back strongly but could not complete the comeback, going down 5-3, 4-1, 4-1, 1-4, 4-6, 4-1. The defeat, however, could not take away from a…