Japan's Oda, Kamiji win French Open wheelchair tennis singles titles
Japan's Paralympic wheelchair tennis gold medalists have won the men's and women's singles titles at the French Open.
At the top of the world ranking, Oda Tokito faced off against second-ranked Britain's Alfie Hewett in the men's singles final on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Japanese tennis star won his third consecutive French Open title by defeating the British rival 6-4 and 7-6.
The two players battled each other in the finals of last year's Paris Paralympics, and the Australian Open in January.
In the women's singles final, top-ranked Kamiji Yui clinched her fifth French Open title, and first in five years with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over second-ranked Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands.
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