Shingo Kunieda, who won the gold medal in wheelchair tennis at the Tokyo Paralympics, has started the four major tennis tournaments, the US Open wheelchair club, and Kunieda won the first match of the men's singles and advanced to the semi-finals.
The four major tennis tournaments held in New York, the US Open, started on the 9th, and from Japan, Kunieda, who won the gold medal for the first time in two tournaments in the Tokyo Paralympics wheelchair tennis men's singles, and women's singles. Four people, including Yui Kamiji, who has a silver medal in the silver medal and a bronze medal in the women's doubles, have participated.
Kunieda, who aims to win the tournament for the second time in a row, defeated an American player who participated in the first round of the men's singles on the recommendation of the organizer with a set count of 2-0, 6-1, 6-0, and advanced to the semi-finals.
Kunieda was forced to leave Japan two days after the Paralympic final, but he overwhelmed his opponent with his strong returns and sharp strokes, and took 12 games in a row from the second game of the first set.
In the first round of the women's singles, Uechi advanced to the semi-finals by beating South Africa's Hotacho Mungane 7-6, 6-2 2-0.
Meanwhile, Momoko Ohtani, a bronze medal in the Paralympic Women's Doubles paired with Kamiji, lost to Jordanne Whiley of England with a set count of 1-6, 7-5, and 3-6.