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Sadly Alfie took Kunieda to 3 sets but couldnt get the win and is RU in singles.

Still, a very good week for him, and indeed for all the Brits

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Dylan Alcott lost his quads singles final, end of his career and wishing him all the best as he moved
Into the next stage of his life.

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Putting this in here.

Interview of the tournament

ausopen.com/news



Scroll to the Dylan Alcott interview



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 27th of January 2022 01:37:33 PM

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Dylan went to the Australian of the Year Awards between the semi and final, and won. Amazing

www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/25/tennis-star-and-paralympian-dylan-alcott-named-australian-of-the-year-for-2022

I am putting these here as no one probably reads the Wheelchair stuff, and I think this is amazing

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Go to 19 mins approx in the interview, he gets a text from a certain Mr Murray. Emotional or what!!


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Lucy Shuker reaps her reward for reaching the AO semis and rises 4 places to number 6 in the womens singles rankings. Well done to her.

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Most of the top players are in ROtterdam next week for the Series 1 event alongside the mens ATP 500 event

www.abnamrowtt.nl/en/players

ALfie is top seed. You can find the full list by scrolling to the bottom of the link above

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Good to see the wheelchair mens alongside the Rotterdam ATP event this week- not sure if any other events showcase wheelchair like this.

Alfie is top seed in a 12 player draw and plays mens doubles with Japanese partner Miki. Gordon Reid not playing this one.

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Rotterdam is a Series 1 event. After the Slams, Super Series events are like Masters 1000, and then events like Rotterdam are effectively ATP 500 level status. $32k prizeMoney this week so akin to a challenger given there are 12 players .

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LTA is live streaming Alfie Hewett's match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqaYMHJX8SQ

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Some of the other top players, notably Lucy Shuker, is playing in the Bolton ITF3 level event this week

www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/bolton-indoor-itf3-wheelchair-tennis-tournament/gbr/2022/wc-itf3s-gbr-01a-2022/draws-and-results/

This has $14k prizemoney and there is an ITF2 event at the same venue next week, with $22k in prizemoney

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In Rotterdam, Alfie beats young up and coming Japanese player Oda, in straight sets.

Into the semis.

Alfie is a mere handful of points behind Kunieda for WR #1, Kunieda is absent from this event. I am not sure enough of the ranking process, but I am sure Alfie must stand a decent chance of going to WR 1 if he wins this week

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Alfie reaches the final in Rotterdam where he will play his old foe Fernandez. Not sure but hoping a title will make Alfie number one in the world rankings ?

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And Alfie won his final and is champion, well done to him.

He came into the final ranked 2, just a dozen points in 5000 behind number one ranked Kunieda. I dont know enough of the points system to know if what he will get from this adding on less whatever he has coming off, if anything, will be enough to get top spot.

All he could do was win this though , which he did, and fingers crossed for tomorrows rankings update.

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Great result for Alfie!!

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Good win - such strength, speed & skill on show



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