Tennis: Shingo Kunieda defends U.S. Open wheelchair men's singles title

World No. 1 Shingo Kunieda of Japan defeated world No. 2 Alfie Hewett of Britain, 6-1, 6-4 to capture his eighth title in wheelchair men's singles at the U.S. Open wheelchair tennis competition on Sunday.Before Sunday, the Japanese top seed and newly-crowned Paralympic gold medalist had won the U.S. Open singles event on seven occasions, in 2007, 2009-2011, 2014, 2015 and 2020, in addition to taking the doubles title in 2007 and 2014."I think I played my best tennis here and at the Paralympics," said the 37-year-old Kunieda, who won his fourth Paralympic gold medal in Tokyo earlier this mon…READ FULL ARTICLE