Gajdosova battled through two tough wins over Top 20 opponents to reach the quarterfinals of Sydney, but the best was yet to come in Melbourne. Playing a fellow former Top 30 player in Alexandra ...

But as other women falter and fall, Wozniacki played another solid match to defeat Jarmila Gajdosova ... counterpuncher to an out-and-out attacking player. It worked well for her against Germany ...

Both pairs will hope to become the first Australians to win the title since Matt Ebden and Jarmila Wolfe (nee Gajdosova ... and I think that's showing in my tennis," Birrell said.