- Alcott into US Open quad singles semi-finals
- Australian has already won Olympic gold and three slams in 2021
Wheelchair tennis star Dylan Alcott’s quest to become the first man ever to complete a calendar year golden slam of singles titles has got off to a sparkling start in the US Open at Flushing Meadows. The 30-year-old Australian, who has already annexed the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and Paralympic quad singles titles this year, just needs the US crown to complete an extraordinary and unprecedented year’s work.
And the Melburnian, fresh from his gold medal-winning heroics in Tokyo, wasted no time in powering past his first hurdle in Friday’s quarter-finals, hammering US wildcard Bryan Barten 6-0 6-1 in just 41 minutes. Alcott had also beaten the 47-year-old American during his gold medal-winning run at the Paralympics, losing only one game there too, and was in no mood to show any mercy as he collected a sixth straight win over his opponent.