Shingo Kunieda won the men's singles final in the French Open wheelchair division, the four major tennis tournaments, for the first time in four years, winning the championship for the first time in four years after a fierce battle of over two and a half hours.
The men's singles final of the French Open wheelchair was held in Paris on the 4th, where 38-year-old Kunieda, who was second in the world ranking, played against Argentina's 28-year-old Gustavo Fernandez, who was third in the world.
Kunieda and Fernandez have made a pair in the doubles to advance to the final, and in the singles, Kunieda has won a total of 26-11, but this time he has lost 1-2.
Kunieda took the first set 6-2 and led the second set 5-3 at one point, but suffered from the opponent's powerful shots and lost 4 games in a row 5-7. rice field.
The third set was also a one-off battle, but Kunieda decided an accurate shot and a deep return in the game and took it 7-5, and won a close battle of 2 hours 41 minutes with a set count of 2 to 1.
When the championship was decided, Kunieda pushed up his fist many times and nodded many times to bite his joy.
Kunieda won the 8th victory for the first time in 4 years, and after that, he will face the men's doubles final with a pair with runner-up Fernandez.