On the 8th of the four major tennis tournaments, the Wimbledon Championship, the singles semi-final of the wheelchair division was held, with Shingo Kunieda for men and Yui Kamiji for women to advance to the final.
The Wimbledon Championship was held on the 8th and the 12th day of the tournament, of which Kunieda played against Belgium's Joachim Gerard in the semi-finals of the men's singles in the wheelchair division.
Kunieda won the first set 6-2 and the second set 6-1 in a row with a set count of 2-0.
Kunieda will face England's Alfie Huwet in the final to win the Wimbledon Championship for the first time, which is the only one of the four major tournaments that has never won.
In the women's singles semi-final of the wheelchair division, Uechi defeated Dutch player Yeska Griffyun straight with a set count of 2-0, deciding her first advance to the final.
In the final, we will face Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist Dede Defloat of the Netherlands, who defeated Japan's Momoko Ohtani straight in the semi-finals.
In addition, the men's doubles in the wheelchair division will have their first semi-final match, with Kunieda teaming up with Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez to play against a pair of Japanese 16-year-old Kaito Oda and a French player. He took the set 6-4 and the second set 6-2 in a row and won straight with a set count of 2-0, deciding to advance to the final.
In the women's doubles semi-final of the wheelchair division, Uechi teamed up with Dana Mathewson of the United States to win a straight victory over a pair of South African and British players with a set count of 2-0, deciding to advance to the final.
On the other hand, the pair of Otani and Griffyun of the Netherlands lost to the pair of Dutch players with a straight with a set count of 0-2.
In the quad doubles semi-finals, a player with disabilities not only in his legs but also in his hands and arms, Koji Sugeno teamed up with a South African player to play against a pair of British and American players with a straight set count of 0-2. I lost.