Dylan Alcott's act of pure class after rare violation at Aus Open

Dylan Alcott showed all of his class at the Australian Open on Sunday night after being called for a rare 'hindrance' violation.

Alcott was in action against Dutch teenager Niels Vink at Kia Arena when the bizarre incident occurred.

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With Alcott and Vink playing out a lengthy rally in the deciding third set, the Australian star yelled out in celebration when he thought his opponent had hit the ball long.

However the ball landed in and the chair umpire docked Alcott the point because he'd hindered his opponent, who had stopped when Alcott spoke.

Alcott's next shot sailed out anyway, but the umpire still decided to call him for hindrance.

But rather than argue with the umpire or question his decision, Alcott simply called out "sorry mate" to Vink.

Journalist Sam Landsberger was among the many to praise Alcott for the classy act.

"Dylan Alcott coughs up break point in the deciding set because of 'hindrance'," Landsberger tweeted.

"Does he fire up? Remonstrate? Nope. He says: 'Sorry, mate' and gets on with it, breaking straight back.

"Champion player and person."

Dylan Alcott pays tribute to family and friends

Playing in his last tournament before retiring, Alcott came back from a set down to book a spot in the semi-finals with a 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 6-2 win.

The match lasted over three hours, with Alcott paying tribute to his supporters afterwards.

"I thought my dad was going to have a heart attack in the front row. I loved it," he said.

"I hated myself growing up and the reason I don't [anymore] is them. So I'm very thankful."

Alcott was taken aback by the size of the crowd that turned up to watch him play.

"Melbourne, we deserve this. I'm just so thankful and grateful that everybody came to watch me," he said.

"I was trying to downplay it a bit, but I think I should lean into how awesome this is. I'm never going to be here again.

"Rather than pretend like it's another match, it's one of the coolest things I'm ever going to do.

"I really don't care if I win; I just want to celebrate how awesome this is for disabled sport, wheelchair tennis, Paralympians everywhere.

"I know I'm the lucky one and I started to enjoy myself in the end and played better. So that's going to be one of my rules going forward - just to enjoy the moment because I'm never going to be back out here.

"We've done so much change together and I feel like I play a very small part in that. It's everybody here, it's everybody watching on TV, it's everybody getting around it.

"I'm glad I'm still alive and I can keep doing it."

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