
Elena Rybakina's ruthless passage to the decider at the Brisbane International has underlined her headline status 12 months after the then Wimbledon champion was relegated to the Australian Open outside courts.
The Kazakh world No.4 has spent less than four hours on court in a quartet of Brisbane International matches this week, booking her finals berth with a clinical 6-3 6-2 defeat of Czech teen Linda Noskova on Saturday.