India’s premier soft tennis duo, Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena, are set to debut at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games with an early morning clash against Cambodia’s Viva Chao and Chanroseka Khun. Scheduled for 5:30 a.m. IST in Mixed Doubles Group B, the Indian pair—who already own a historic World Soft Tennis Championships bronze—will look to transition their extensive international training into an opening match on Monday (September 21, 2026).
Vidarsa K. Vinod has become the first woman from Keralam to win an Asian Games medal in shooting, securing silver in the women’s 10m air rifle team event at the 20th edition in Japan. This was Vinod’s first Asian Games, where she is also competing in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions event.
India also enjoyed impressive starts in hockey, MMA and table tennis. Deepika scored eight goals as the Indian women’s hockey team thrashed Uzbekistan 19-0 in their opening Pool B match. Suchika Tariyal assured India of a medal by reaching the women’s Traditional MMA 60kg semifinals with a 2-0 win over Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa. Meanwhile, India’s women’s table tennis team defeated Indonesia 3-0 in its opening Group F fixture.
