This study aimed to the heart rate of a complete match from Japanese elite blind tennis players, and the objective is to make it basic material of a scientific study of blind tennis.1) The seven game match (score 4-3) took 27 minutes 00 seconds. Time of ball-in-play was 9 minutes 21 seconds. A total of 38 points were played and the average time to complete 1 point was about 18.1 seconds.2) Compared to the Kei Nishikori vs James Blake match at the 2008 Delray Beach ATP Tour Tennis Tournament, this blind tennis match had the 1point get average time for 7.1seconds longer .3) The average heart rate of subject A in this entire Blind Tennis match was 153.8 BPM (a standard deviation ±19.7), and the highest heart rate was for 184 BPM.4) The exercise intensity was measured from 7 minutes after the start of the match to the end of the match. Subject Au27s heart rate intensity was observed to vary between 80-90% of maximum intensity for the duration of match, while subject Bu27s intensity varied between 70-90%.Given the heart beat response, it is clear that the physical load incurred on the Japanese elite blind tennis players during this match was very high.
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