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Wheelchair tennis ace Shingo Kunieda retires

Top-ranked Japanese won 28 Grand Slam singles titles

Shingo Kunieda won three singles gold medals at the Paralympics, in 2008, 2012, and in Tokyo in 2021. (Photo by Kento Awashima)

MELBOURNE (AP) -- Shingo Kunieda, the most successful player in the history of wheelchair tennis, announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday at the age of 38.

The top-ranked Kunieda won 28 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the career Grand Slam of all four majors when he won Wimbledon in 2022.

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