Paralympics: Wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji 1st to qualify for 2020

Wheelchair tennis players Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda on Friday became the first two Japanese athletes to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games by winning gold at the Asian Para Games in Indonesia.Kamiji defeated China's Zhu Zhenzhen 6-3, 6-4 in the women's singles gold medal match at the ongoing Asian Para Games in Jakarta.Kunieda later beat compatriot Takashi Sanada 6-2, 6-3 in the men's final.The winners of the singles tournaments at the eight-day games automatically qualify for the 2020 competition.With her victory, the 24-year-old Kamiji became the first Japanese to qualify for either the…READ FULL ARTICLE