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AO increases crowds for finals
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 26, 2022
Crowd capacity at the Australian Open will be increased to 65 per cent for the remainder of the tournament. Tournament director Craig Tiley said fans

Dylan Alcott named Australian of the Year
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 25, 2022
Australian wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott has been named Australian of the Year ahead of tomorrow’s Australia Day public holiday. Alcott, 31, secured his spot

Djokovic free zone – almost
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 16, 2022
COMMENT: Novak Djokovic is a brilliant player but it’s time he packed his bags, apologised to the Australian people for ignoring their vaccination rules and

Alcott announces retirement
- By Peter Rowe
- . November 9, 2021
Wheelchair champion Dylan Alcott has announced he will retire after the Australian Open in January, hopefully with a 24th Grand Slam title. Alcott, 30, is

Alcott wins 11th Grand Slam title
- By Peter Rowe
- . October 11, 2020
Australian wheelchair champion Dylan Alcott defeated Britain’s Andy Lapthorne 6-2, 6-2 to claim back-to-back French Open trophies. Alcott was runner-up at last month’s US Open,

Another title for wheelchair champ Alcott
- By Peter Rowe
- . September 13, 2020
Australia’s Dylan Alcott has added another title to his collection after teaming up with Briton Andy Lapthorne to win the men’s quad wheelchair doubles final

US Open ‘U-turn’ on wheelchair call
- By Peter Rowe
- . June 20, 2020
US Open organisers could do a U-turn and reinstate the wheelchair event after an online meeting on Friday with a wheelchair tennis leadership group. The

Tennis Australia backs Alcott after USTA axes wheelchair event
- By Peter Rowe
- . June 19, 2020
Tennis Australia has backed wheelchair star Dylan Alcott after he tweeted his disappointment at the wheelchair events being cut from the US Open. Alcott, who

Criticism grows over US Open announcement
- By Peter Rowe
- . June 19, 2020
Several players have voiced disappointment at the way tennis is planning to return, since the USTA announced the US Open will go ahead in late

Wheelchair star accuses USTA of ‘disgusting discrimination’
- By Peter Rowe
- . June 18, 2020
Australian wheelchair star Dylan Alcott has slammed the USTA, accusing them of “disgusting discrimination” for planning this year’s grand slam tournament without wheelchair tennis. Alcott,