Wheelchair Tennis Kunieda Wins the first match at the Tokyo Para venue October 4: 17:17
Japanese ace of wheelchair tennis Shingo Kunieda participated in the wheelchair tennis tournament that opened at the venue of the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year, and decorated the first game with victory.
“Ariake Tennis Forest” in Koto-ku, Tokyo, the venue for wheelchair tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, has been partially renovated, and the “Japan Open” wheelchair tennis men's tour organized by the International Tennis Federation has begun on the 4th. .
Kunieda, who has already entered the Tokyo Paralympics in the singles ranking of the singles, has entered the quarter-finals of the first match on the second largest court in the venue that accommodates 3,000 spectators and 5,000 spectators during the Paralympics.
Kunieda was hard to play against the 34th Korean player in the world, but with a variety of shots and aggressive net play, the first set was 6-2 and the second set was 6 I took -1 and won the first match at the venue where I won the straight with a set count of 2 to 0 and refrained from the big stage.
The tournament will be held until 6th with 8 players from Japan and overseas participating.
Kunieda "I put pressure on myself"
Shingo Kunieda, who aims to recapture the gold medal for the first time in two games at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, will play after the first game at the “Ariake Tennis Forest”, which has been refurbished for the Paralympic Games. "I have come."
Mr. Kunieda looked back to the beginning of the game, which was hard, saying, “I was conscious of how many times I could play until the Paralympic Games. I thought I couldn't really beat myself at the beginning of the first set.”
Still, Kunieda, who gradually improved and triumphed, said, “Since the Paralympics are more pressured, I would like to find a way to change the reaction and encouragement of the audience at home. I'm getting stronger every day and I want to make use of my experience playing on the Ariake stage next year. "