Barty and the Special Ks triumph at the Australian Open

Add to this that even though of their three previous encounters she beat her final opponent Collins twice, a year ago it was Collins who beat her decisively.

Until the Final in all her games Barty was able to put her opponents off their games. Like a snake charmer, she mesmerised her victims so that they lost control of their games and were playing according to her game plans.

That is how the Final started too. In her first won set against Collins, Barty stopped her opponent from being able to play her aggressive game and made Collins feel noticeably uncomfortable. This all started to change in the second set when Collins regained control of her game and at 5:1 lead she looked unstoppable.

This posed Barty the greatest test of her resilience in the tournament. And she passed it with flying colours. She proved what an extraordinary champion she is by her hard fought success in regaining control of the match and then winning it decisively.

Barty's brilliant victory was followed by another Australian Open first: the men's doubles final between two Australian teams.

Kokkinakis repeated his outstanding consistency in serving well that he displayed at his victorious Adelaide International performance just before the Australian Open.

And his doubles partner Kyrgios managed to stay at his best behaviour throughout the Final.

In their Aussie opponents the special Ks found a formidable team of classical doubles players. It was to the special Ks credit that they were able to beat them decisively.

The task of serving out the match to win the championship fell on Kyrgios' shoulders.

He did not falter and the special Ks won the Australian Open men's Doubles Championship title in two sets.

Critics eat your hearts out!

After your complaining that the special Ks were not worthy of the legendary Woodies, they still became the first ones now to win the Australian Open Doubles Champion title after the Woodies won it last in 1997.