TENNIS – AN amateur tennis player from Sydney, Jordan Smith, struck gold yesterday as he walked away with a cheque worth 1 million Australian dollars ($661,000) after holding his nerve to win the ‘One Point Slam’ ahead of the Australian Open.
The showdown pitted amateur players and celebrities against an elite field of 24 professionals, which included the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek.
Smith, who qualified as the New South Wales state champion, got the better of two-times Australian Open winner Sinner and women’s world number four Amanda Anisimova, before beating Joanna Garland in the final.
Taiwan’s Garland, the women’s number 117, had reached the final after beating world number three Alexander Zverev, Nick Kyrgios and Maria Sakkari.
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