One of the four major tennis tournaments, the U.S. Open, started with a wheelchair section, and Shingo Kunieda, who aims to achieve the "Annual Grand Slam" by winning all four major tournaments in the same year in men's singles, won the first match and finished in the quarterfinals. We advanced to the finals.
The US Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments being held in New York, began on the 7th with the start of the wheelchair division. , Joachim Gérard of Belgium, ranked 7th in the world.
In the first set, both sides broke service games, but Kunieda held key points to take the match 6-3.
In the 2nd set, the opponent won 4 games in a row from the 6th game, and it was a difficult development, but when they found the rhythm with their distinctive strokes, they succeeded in breaking twice and won the set 7-5 to count the set. They won 2-0 in straight sets and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In addition, 16-year-old Kaito Oda played against a Spanish player, and his opponent withdrew in the middle of the match, and Takuya Miki defeated an Argentinian player, ranked 3rd in the world, in straight sets. We advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the women's singles first round, Yui Kamiji beat Chilean players 6-0, 6-1 in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals, while Momoko Otani and Manami Tanaka also won in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. We made it to the finals.
On the other hand, in the women's singles, Saeki Takamuro lost with a set count of 1-2.
In addition, Koji Sugano played against a South African player in the first round of the quad singles, an event for athletes with disabilities not only in their legs but also in their hands and arms, and lost with a set count of 1 to 2.