Who Is Amateur Jordan Smith That Won $1m At Australian Open By Beating Jannik Sinner?

The "Million Dollar One Point Slam" will beryllium a storyline that will beryllium hard to apical for nan existent Australian Open.

In a trading maestro class, that arsenic Taylor Fritz's woman Morgan Riddle pointed out, should beryllium replicated astatine each Grand Slam tourney (although past it will astir apt suffer its charm), nan Australian Open put connected nan one-night tourney that saw amateurs and celebrities effort to return down nan champion master tennis players successful nan world, including two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner, for a $1 cardinal prize.

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It was a cool cardinal successful Aussie currency, truthful that's $670,000 successful US dollars. Not bad for a time of work.

Thanks successful portion to a stunning double responsibility by nan four-time awesome victor Sinner, erstwhile master Jordan Smith, 29, did nan intolerable and took down those successful his way to triumph nan "Million Dollar One Point Slam" aft world No. 117 Joanna Garland missed a backhand to complete nan Cinderella upset.

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"Oh my goodness me, he's won a cardinal dollars," nan announcer screamed. So who is Jordan Smith?

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Smith only made $6,388 successful his playing career

Smith ne'er made it to nan large clip for illustration Sinner, and world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who besides participated. His highest ranking was 1,171 successful 2023, truthful Smith smartly retired and useful astatine his family's tennis installation successful nan Melbourne, Australia area.

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No discourtesy to Smith, and it genuinely is an astonishing sports infinitesimal that swept up societal media, but Sinner and his peers weren't precisely going aft nan erstwhile No. 1,171 subordinate successful nan world for illustration 2026's first Grand Slam had officially started, which it does connected Sunday.

But Smith doesn't care, pinch 1 magical nighttime astatine nan Aussie Open giving him plus-100,000-times net successful 1 nighttime than he had made successful his full master career.

Plus he tin brag he's nan first man to hit Sinner astatine nan Aussie Open since 2023, and nan first man to conclusion nan world No. 2 and Alcaraz successful nan aforesaid tourney since Andrey Rublev successful 2024 astatine nan Madrid Open.

Not excessively shabby.

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