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Japan’s Shingo Kunieda won his eighth French Open men’s wheelchair singles final, and his first in four years, on Saturday.
The 38-year-old second seed defeated third-seeded Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina, his men’s doubles partner, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 to add to his long list of career accomplishments including three Paralympic gold medals.
After winning the Tokyo Paralympic singles title, Kunieda said he was burning out and considered “quitting every day” but became reinvigorated after his championship in January’s Australian Open.
Shingo Kunieda of Japan celebrates after winning the men’s wheelchair singles final at the French Open at Roland Garros on June 4, 2022 in Paris. (Kyodo)
In the women’s doubles final, Japan’s Yui Kamiji and South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane, the second seeds, lost to the top seeds, Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot of the Netherlands, 6-4, 6-1.
Kunieda, meanwhile, will get a shot at another championship when he and Fernandez take on the top seeds, Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, in the men’s doubles final.
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