French Open Wheelchair Division Women's Singles Final to Japan Showdown October 9th 7:03
Yui Kamiji, who is ranked 2nd in the world, and Momoko Otani, who is ranked 10th in the world, each broke through the semifinals in the women's singles in the wheelchair section of the French Open, the four major tennis tournaments held in Paris. The Japanese confrontation will be realized.
The world's second-ranked Uechi player, who is aiming for the fourth victory in women's singles for the first time in two years, will face the world's third-ranked Dutch player Anique Fancourt in the semifinals held on the 8th, 6-2, 6- I won with a 2 set count of 2 to 0 straight.
In addition, Otani, who is ranked 10th in the world and will be participating in the 4th major tournament for the second time after the US Open last month, is the champion of the US Open and the world's No. 1 Dutch player Diede De Float 7-5, 6 I broke with a 2-0 straight of -4.
As a result, the final scheduled to be held on the 9th will be a Japanese confrontation between Uechi and Otani.
On the other hand, in the men's singles semi-final, Shingo Kunieda, the world's No. 1 player, lost to Belgium's Joakim Gerard, the world's No. 4 player, with a set count of 1 to 2 of 5-7, 6-2, 4-6. In the four major tournaments, he did not win the third consecutive tournament following the Australian Open and the United States.
Both players are enthusiastic before the final
Yui Kamiji, 26, who is Japan's leading player in wheelchair tennis women's singles, and Momoko Otani, who is 25 years old, participated in the four major tournaments of Japanese women after Uechi at the US Open last month. I just played.
In preparation for the final, which will be a Japanese confrontation, Ueji said, "I was very happy because I didn't think that the day when Japanese players could compete in the final would come so soon. I want to be careful about that. "
On the other hand, Otani is 25 years old from Tochigi prefecture and is currently based in Saga prefecture.
When I was in my third year of high school, I had experience playing tennis for healthy people in all high schools nationwide. At the age of 18, my right foot began to cramp, and eventually I became a wheelchair and started playing wheelchair tennis at the age of 20.
Although he has been playing wheelchair tennis for more than four years, he has shot the stage of the final with the addition of chairwork, which has grown rapidly over the past year, to the skills he has cultivated in tennis for healthy people.
Otani said, "I'm very surprised because I didn't think I could do this at the first French Open. I saw that Uechi and Shingo Kunieda remained in the final after losing the US Open in the first round. I was disappointed that I couldn't survive, so I thought I would definitely win this tournament. I wanted to hit Uechi in the final. I want to attack myself without being passive. " ..