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Tokito Oda, 19, Completes Career Golden Slam With U.S. Open Wheelchair Singles Title

The teenager adds the missing major alongside Paralympic gold to enter a rare Golden Slam club.

Overview

  • Oda defeated Argentine doubles partner Gustavo Fernández 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (13-11) after a two-hour, 12-minute battle, collapsing in tears at the finish.
  • The duo had won the men's wheelchair doubles title the previous day at Flushing Meadows.
  • Yui Kamiji rallied past Li Xiaohui 0-6, 6-1, 6-3 for the women's singles crown, with reports differing on whether it was her 10th or 11th Grand Slam singles title.
  • World No. 1 Niels Vink beat No. 2 Sam Schroder 6-1, 7-5 to claim the quad singles championship.
  • In the junior wheelchair draws, American Sabina Czausz and Austria’s Maximilian Taucher won the singles titles and added doubles wins with Seira Matsuoka and Ruben Harris.