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In 2010, Alcott was a part of the Rollers' success at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Birmingham, England. It was the first world championship the Australian wheelchair basketball team had ever won, and Alcott was named in the World All Star 5 for the tournament.
In 2010, Alcott was a part of the Rollers success at the World Championships in Birmingham, England. It was the first world championship the Australian wheelchair basketball team had ever won, and Alcott was named in the World All Star 5 for the tournament.
Following their success in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, this set up the first all-Australian doubles final (since 1980) against Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis won in straight sets, becoming the first all-Australian men's doubles champions (at the Australian Open) since The Woodies in 1997. [94]
- Alcott Great, But Vergeer's The Goat
- Alcott Always Hard to Ignore
- Once Burned, Twice Shy
- Vink Makes Alcott Earn It in New York
- Nearing The End?
One thing to get straight first up — Dylan Alcott may well be the greatest (or one of the greatest) men's players in wheelchair tennis history. On the numbers, however, he is not the greatest wheelchair tennis player ever. That honour clearly falls to Dutch superstar, Esther Vergeer, who went for 10 years, and a crazy 470 matches without losing a s...
From early days, Alcott was a hard person to ignore. He was a promising junior player, who made the final of the under-18 boys' wheelchair singles at the Australian Wheelchair Open and won the doubles — with friend and partner Heath Davidson — when he was just 11. When he was 13, he represented Australia's junior team in the World Team Cup, the equ...
This whole year, Alcott has played down or deflected questions about the Golden Slam or the calendar-year Grand Slam. Even as he moved through the rounds at the Tokyo Paralympics, he was virtually silent about the bigger picture. One reason for that is what happened in 2019. Alcott came to New York as a prohibitive favourite to complete the calenda...
This year Alcott appeared almost impossible to beat in the majors, winning in Melbourne, Paris and London to get everyone talking about the Golden Slam. He lost only four games in total in getting to the US Open final, for a rematch of an incredible Paralympic semi-final against young Dutch player Niels Vink. In Tokyo, Vink and Alcott went to three...
The relief was clear, as well as the joy. At the presentation, an emotional Alcott thanked New York crowds for accepting him, and organisers for putting wheelchair tennis on the big courts, giving him and his fellow competitors a huge opportunity. The indications were already clear, that a home farewell at Melbourne Park could be on the cards. Now,...
Jul 25, 2024 · Aged 17, Alcott was the youngest member of the Australian wheelchair basketball squad. After getting the better of favourites Canada in the final, the teenager stood on top of his first Paralympic podium and knew he had found what he was looking for.
In early 2006, Australia entered the first ever Commonwealth Games basketball competition in their home city of Melbourne and went through the tournament undefeated to claim the gold medal. Later in 2006 at the FIBA World Championship in Japan, Australia was led in scoring by Andrew Bogut, C.J. Bruton , and Jason Smith .
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