- Wheelchair tournaments back on this year’s schedule
- ‘A massive sign of progress,’ says two-time champion
Dylan Alcott has praised the US Open’s U-turn on its decision to exclude a wheelchair tournament at this year’s grand slam in New York, following a wave of player backlash after the event had initially been scrapped.
The United States Tennis Association confirmed on Wednesday the wheelchair event was back on the schedule after Alcott, twice a champion at Flushing Meadows, led the outcry over the omission and branded it “disgusting discrimination”.
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Big thanks to the @usopen for reversing their decision – now allowing wheelchair players to compete at the 2020 Open. And most importantly thanks to you reading this for supporting us and sharing the message – you made this happen. pic.twitter.com/jHo0pbVpkC
