Melbourne, Jan. 14 -- Amateur player Jordan Smith would have been "happy winning just one point" - but walked away with A$1m and bragging rights over world number two Jannik Sinner as he triumphed at the Australian Open's Million Dollar One Point Slam.
According to BBC Sport, the innovative format offered amateur players the opportunity to win the prize money by playing a sole point against some of the sport's top talent and other famous faces.
Smith was the star of the show on Rod Laver Arena, also defeating women's world number four Amanda Anisimova in front of 10,000 people.
Smith faced women's world number 117 Joanna Garland in a fitting finale, after the Taiwanese 24-year-old stunned men's world number three Alexander Zverev and for...