Shingo Kunieda, who aims to achieve the "Annual Grand Slam" by winning all four major tennis tournaments in the same year in the wheelchair division of the US Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, in the men's singles quarterfinals, straight-up a Spanish player. We defeated them and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the wheelchair division of the US Open held in New York on the 8th, World No. 1 player Kunieda, who is aiming to complete the annual Grand Slam, played against Spain, who is ranked No. 6 in the world, in the men's singles quarterfinals. .
Kunieda broke the opponent's service game in the first game of the first set and aggressively attacked from the start, winning four games in a row to win the set 6-1.
In the second set, both sides held their serve games in the early stages, but Kunieda scored powerful shots and succeeded in breaking twice in the final stages of the second set to win the game 6-2.
Kunieda did not allow his opponent a single break in this match, and advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-0 set count victory.
In the other quarter-finals, Takuya Miki defeated a Dutch player in straight sets, and in the semi-finals, Kunieda and Miki will play against Japanese players.
On the other hand, 16-year-old Kaito Oda lost to a French player with a set count of 1-2.
In the women's singles quarter-finals, Tokyo Paralympic silver medalist and world No. 2 Yui Kamiji defeated South African player 6-1, 6-0 in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals.
On the other hand, Momoko Otani withdrew in the middle of the match, and Manami Tanaka lost in straight sets.