Canceled due to "discriminatory" protest to hold Tennis Open US Wheelchair Club withdrawal 7:28 on June 25
This time, in response to the suspension of the wheelchair section due to the prevention of new coronavirus infection at the US Open of Tennis decided to be held in August, a series of protest voices saying that it is discriminatory from players etc. In response to this, the organizer decided to turn over.
One of the four tennis championships, the US Open, will be held in New York from August 31st to September 13th, but wheelchairs need to limit the number of people to prevent infection. It was canceled as there was.
In response to this decision, the IPC = International Paralympic Committee issued a statement on 18th this month, which indicated that it would discriminate against wheelchair athletes, and many athletes protested.
In response, the organizer of the tournament withdrew the decision to cancel after hearing opinions from players and ITF = International Tennis Federation at an online meeting, and decided to hold the wheelchair section from September 10th ..
The wheelchair department will hold the same scale as before, such as singles and doubles for boys and girls.
In the US Open Wheelchair Division, Shingo Kunieda has won six men's singles and Yui Uechi has won two women's singles.