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Para Tennis: Kamiji wins, Oda loses in Australian Open wheelchair finals

Japan's Yui Kamiji picked up her third Australian Open wheelchair tennis singles title and first in five years, defeating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday's final. But Japanese compatriot and 2024 champion Tokito Oda lost to Britain's Alfie Hewett in the men's wheelchair final 6-4, 6-4.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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From Kyodo

25 January 2025

MELBOURNE – Japan’s Yui Kamiji picked up her third Australian Open wheelchair tennis singles title and first in five years, defeating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s final.

Japan’s Yui Kamiji returns a shot to Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands in the Australian Open women’s wheelchair tennis singles final in Melbourne on Jan. 25, 2025. (Kyodo)

But Japanese compatriot and 2024 champion Tokito Oda lost to Britain’s Alfie Hewett in the men’s wheelchair final 6-4, 6-4.

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