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After promising to drink Tokyo dry, man of the moment Dylan Alcott reflected upon his Paralympic journey and the unstinting power of the wider movement before exiting the stage to rapturous applause. Having produced a scintillating surge of momentum to defeat Sam Schroder of the Netherlands in a pulsating quad singles final, world No. 1 Alcott confirmed that his Paralympic adventure was at an end. As ever, it was all done in his own inimitable style. By dispatching Schroder, Alcott successfully defended the title he secured in Rio de Janeiro five years ago, becoming just the fourth player in history to claim back-to- back wheelchair tennis singles titles at the Paralympics. The 30-year-old Victorian is certainly in good company, with Netherlands' Esther Vergeer, Great Britain's Peter Norfolk and Shingo Kunieda of Japan, who topped the men's singles podium in Tokyo, the only others to do so. There were no guarantees that Alcott would deliver the killer line in Tokyo but, as everyone knows, the man is box office and would appear to have the power to write his own scripts. Bowing out on his own terms somehow seemed written in the stars. However, the strength and scope of the Paralympic Movement transcends more than one player's individual glory, although its evolution and deeper implications will forever resonate with one of its star turns. "To summarise my whole Paralympic experience, it's the best thing that ever happened to me," Alcott told ITF World. "I love what the Paralympics represents. It represents more than sport, it represents people with disability succeeding in what they love. It gives us purpose, it gives us a passion, it changes cultures and it changes perceptions. Australia's Dylan Alcott confirmed that Tokyo 2020 would be his last Paralympic Games aer quad singles gold ensured a glorious end to a medal-laden odyssey GOLDEN Le Gold in the quad singles was the perfect way for Alco to mark his Paralympic swansong Below Alco has six Paralympic medals to his name goodbye ITF World Tokyo 2020 33 DYLAN ALCOTT INTERVIEW