Impact news for adapted tennis. The Japanese Shingo Kunieda, by far the best in the history of the discipline, announced his retirement at the age of 38, after two decades of career and with all his dreams fulfilled.
the champion of ¡50! Grand Slams (28 in singles and 22) in doubles he wrote a long letter on social networks explaining the reasons for his decision, analyzed and processed in recent months: “I have made the decision, today January 22, 2023, to retire from wheelchair tennis,” started the ranking leader for 582 weeks.
“I’ve been thinking about retirement ever since I fulfilled my dream at the Tokyo Paralympics (Gold Medal). Last year, my first title at Wimbledon made me feel like my energy was a bit gone to compete. When I captured my 10th title in the world, I felt I had done enough and I thought it was the right time to retire.”followed one of the benchmarks of wheelchair tennis.
Regarding discipline, he stated that in his 20 years on the circuit there have been many advances in adapted tennis. both economically and in equality with respect to conventional tennis. He also thanked his family, sponsors, and fans.
Today on Jan. 22, I made a decision to retire.
Thank you, everyone!@UQAmbassadors @yonex_jp @HondaJP @ANA_travel_info @in_jelly_ @reitakuuniv @BNYMellon @NEC_jp_pr @irctire_bike #oxengineering pic.twitter.com/76UVj3LCvd— Shingo Kunieda (@shingokunieda) January 22, 2023
117 titles, six Paralympic medals, three times team champion, 4 times Master (3 in singles and one in doubles). 21 successful years on the circuit for Shingo Kunieda.
