At the Australian Open tennis tournament, the men's singles semi-finals for the wheelchair division were held, and world No. 2 Kaito Oda won in straight sets to advance to the final and become one win away from winning his first Australian Open.
The 17-year-old Oda, who is aiming for his first Australian Open title, won his first men's singles match in straight sets, and on the 25th, he faced Rio de Janeiro Paralympic gold medalist Gordon Reid of Great Britain in the semifinals.
The first set went to a tiebreak, but Oda racked up points with a powerful backhand shot and a return ace that sharply countered his opponent's serve, winning the set 7-6. Ta.
The second set was also competitive, but in the 12th game, I got the momentum going with a return ace and tenaciously grabbed a break to take it 7-5.
Oda won in straight sets, 2-0, and advanced to the final for the second consecutive year.
Last year, Oda won the French Open and Wimbledon Championships, two major tournaments, but lost in the final of the Australian Open, leaving him just one win away from winning his first Australian title.
In the final, he will face world number one Alfie Hewett of England.
Yui Kamiji also advances to finals, wheelchair division, women's singles
In the women's singles semifinal, world No. 2 Yui Kamiji faced South Africa's Hotacho Munjane, who is No. 11 in the world, winning the first set 6-1 and the second set 6-4. With the win, they advanced to the finals and were on the cusp of winning their third championship in total.
In the final, she will face off against Deede Defroat of the Netherlands, a gold medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics and number one in the world.