In the men's doubles semi-finals of wheelchair tennis at the Tokyo Paralympics, the pair of Shingo Kunieda and Takashi Sanada lost to the British pair with a set count of 0 to 2 and went to the bronze medal match.
In the men's doubles semi-final, the pair of Kunieda and Sanada played the silver medal pair of British Gordon Reid and Alfie Huwet in the first seed of this tournament.
The match was a painful development in which the opponent pair who assembled the match while interweaving highly accurate volleys took the initiative, and dropped the first set 2-6.
There was a scene where he entered the second set and made a chance from Sanada's stroke, but he could not destroy the opponent, and this set was also robbed by 1-6, losing with a set count of 0 to 2, and going to the 3rd place playoff. I did.
Kunieda "The other party was really strong"
Kunieda said, "This wasn't bad, and I think it was good to play to some extent, but the opponent was as expected. It was strong."
Regarding the fact that the opponent has assembled an attack centered on skillful volley, "I was planning a strategy against volley, but I could not break it until the end. Even if I became a deuce with a high level opponent, I could not take the game, I felt that the difference between the sheets of paper overlapped and the wall became thicker. "
Regarding the bronze medal match, he strongly said, "I don't think what I'm doing is wrong, so I want to keep my style unchanged."
Sanada "I want to raise my feelings and prepare for the 3rd place playoff"
Sanada said, "I would like to thank Kunieda for fighting this pair on this stage and for fighting with me until the end. There is still one more race, so I will definitely increase my feelings of winning a medal and decide on 3rd place. I want to prepare for the war. "