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27th January 2022

‘Inspired a Nation’: Dylan Alcott Says Goodbye to Tennis

Alcott found a platform to spread his message through sports. He first won a Paralympic gold medal in basketball in 2008 at the age of 17, then switched to tennis. But attention was far from instant. “Legal, there were five of us,” Alcott said of the first Australian Open match in 2014. “Five. My father, …

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13th September 2021

Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott Do What Novak Djokovic Couldn’t

Tennis Grand Slam is so rare only five players can claim oneand no player since 1988 has achieved this feat. Having won four majors and one gold medal in the same year, the Golden Slam is nearly impossible. Just Steffi Graf had never done. Until Sunday, when it was accomplished twice. First, Dutchman Diede de …

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