{"id":412476,"date":"2026-01-14T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412476\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:28:08","slug":"australian-open-million-dollar-one-point-slam-amateur-jordan-smith-stuns-worlds-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412476\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Million Dollar One Point Slam: Amateur Jordan Smith stuns world&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Analysis by BBC Sport tennis news reporter Jonathan Jurejko<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the start of the night, Coco Gauff admitted she didn&#8217;t want to win the One Point Slam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Instead, the two-time major singles champion wanted an amateur to take home the money. They would be more deserving of a sum which would change their life, she reasoned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Smith, a reserved character who was genuinely lost for words as he was interviewed on court after each win, ended up being the beneficiary. A different future awaits. One as a new homeowner at the very least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Remarkably, it was Smith who possessed the calmest demeanour in the place. He was unruffled by standing across the net from Sinner. He was unflustered by the sight of a box-full of replica cash sitting courtside. He was unperturbed as he traded with Garland from the baseline knowing the vast sum at stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The innovative event turned out to be masterstroke by Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Superstar players brought gravitas and the possibility of anybody beating anybody added some jeopardy. A virtually full arena boosted income and the event proved popular with fans online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tiley insisted the boom-or-bust concept was a leveller between Grand Slams and grassroots. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The unknown underdog ensured it was the roaring success which both dreamed of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analysis by BBC Sport tennis news reporter Jonathan Jurejko At the start of the night, Coco Gauff admitted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-412476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}