Wheelchair Tennis Winner of Japan's Ace Kunieda October 6th 20:40
Japanese ace Shingo Kunieda won the wheelchair tennis tournament held at the Tokyo Paralympic Games venue next year.
This tournament was held at the “Ariake Tennis Forest” in Koto Ward, Tokyo, which will be the venue for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Kunieda, the world ranking 2nd in the wheelchair tennis men's singles, was 6th in the world in the final on the 6th and faced Swedish Stephan Olson.
Kunieda shows an accurate shot that divides left and right, and aggressively launches an attack that quickly develops in front of the net play, taking the first set 6-0 and the second set 6-2. Victory on the straight of set count 2 to 0 and became the first champion of the tournament.
At the same venue, there was a tennis tournament where tennis boys world champion Novak Djokovic participated, and many spectators filled the court of Kunieda's game.
Mr. Kunieda said at the award ceremony, “I was hoping to have a wheelchair tennis tournament for the men ’s tournament of tennis. I hope that next year's Tokyo Paralympics will be a much higher level battle. I was calling out to the audience.
Kunieda to the big audience "I felt so happy to hear the audience's reaction"
About 70% of the 3,000 seats on the court where the final was held were filled, and in a game where Kunieda and the other player caught up with each other's hard ball and continued the rally, it was a shot while skillfully manipulating the wheelchair. , There was a surprising voice from the audience.
In response to this audience reaction, Kunieda said in a post-match conference: “I want to see many people play high-level wheelchair tennis. It was a long time since I was playing, so I was happy to play and I was able to play well.I can hear the audience's reaction, and when the opponent sticks back, I am one step higher. It was also a great taste of wheelchair tennis, and it was interesting, ”he concluded the tournament, which was an opportunity to disseminate the appeal of the competition.