New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- It was a day for an underdog to come out all guns blazing against a fancied opponent in Melbourne and eventually prevail while in neighbouring Brisbane, South Australia, a visiting cricket team showed spine after being humbled in the opening Test but failed to fully capitalise on the situation by the end of the day's play.

At Melbourne, which is playing host to the year's first Grand Slam--the Australian Open, Noval Djokovic, the World Number 1 men's tennis superstar and holder of 24 Grand Slam titles, crashed out in the semifinals after losing to rising 22-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner.

While Djokovic has more Grand Slams to his credit than the number of birthdays that Sinner has celebrated to date, it hardly mat...