{"id":152638,"date":"2023-04-12T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=152638&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-12T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:00:15","slug":"wheelchair-tennis-returns-to-iizuka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/wheelchair-tennis-returns-to-iizuka\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelchair Tennis Returns to Iizuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8220;Iizuka International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament,&#8221; where top wheelchair tennis players compete, is set to be held for the first time in four years. The annual &#8220;Iizuka International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament&#8221; held in Iizuka City in spring is the only Super Series event in Asia, following the world&#8217;s four major tournaments, with top players from around the world participating. The event had been canceled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the organizing body announced on the 11th that they have decided to hold the event for the first time in four years. According to the announcement, this year&#8217;s tournament will take place from April 18th to 23rd at the &#8220;Iizuka Sports Resort Tennis Court&#8221; and &#8220;Prefectural Chikuho Greenery Tennis Court&#8221; located in the city. A total of 80 players from 16 countries and regions have entered the tournament, including world No. 2 men&#8217;s singles player <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokito <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oda and world No. 2 women&#8217;s singles player Yui Kamiji.<\/span> <b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230411\/5010019896.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/japanopen-tennis.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iizuka International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_photoac-tennis_2023_cl.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wheelchair Tennis Returns to Iizuka\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_photoac-tennis_2023_cl.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_photoac-tennis_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_photoac-tennis_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/main\/detail\/23209468#goog_rewarded\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo AC\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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The annual &#8220;Iizuka International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament&#8221; held in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":152636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-152638","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-izuka","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/152638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}