LONDON - Japanese top seed Tokito Oda successfully defended his Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles crown with a 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 2 seed Alfie Hewett of Britain on Sunday.
With his sweeping victory, the 20-year-old collected his third singles championship at the All England Club and 10th career Grand Slam singles title.
"I'm feeling just incredible," Oda said. "When I won here the first time, I was 17. I didn't know what kind of special place it is here. It's been three years since then, and every year I come here I play with pride and play with pleasure."
Playing into the theme of Wimbledon's dress code of white on-court attire, Oda contested this year's tournament in a specially designed all-white chair.
"I (was) always thinking that I want to try a white wheelchair because everybody (else) has a really cool wheelchair. And everybody gets dressed (in white) here," he said.
Oda's win continued a stellar tournament for Japan's wheelchair players, following Yui Kamiji's women's singles victory on Saturday.
With her maiden Wimbledon title, the 32-year-old Kamiji followed Oda in completing the career Golden Slam, comprising all four majors and Paralympic gold.
Kamiji added another trophy to her cabinet on Sunday as she and Zhu Zhenzhen of China were 6-4, 7-5 winners against China's Li Xiaohui and Wang Ziying in the women's wheelchair doubles final.
Oda and Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez were beaten by British top seeds Hewett and Gordon Reid in the men's wheelchair doubles final 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday.
