Prospective foes on Ash Barty's home turf are on notice: ignore the numbers at your peril.
A sweetly struck serve off the centre of her strings might sound better to Barty than hearing her mounting streaks relayed at Australian Open 2022.
But while the world No.1 conceded she wasn't one for stats at the best of times, her dominance to start the new season could not be ignored.
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A ruthless 6-1 6-1 dismissal of Lucia Bronzetti on Wednesday was her second such lop-sided result from as many outings on Rod Laver Arena and her sixth straight win to open the season after her trophy run in Adelaide.
It was those sweetly struck serves, which had caused opponents all sorts of grief and the source of an imposing current streak.
Barty has not been broken in her past five matches and dropped just three points on her first serve against the Italian.
It now amounted to 48 consecutive holds.
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"Just continually trying to… make (my serve) a weapon. I'm not the biggest girl out there, but I know I've got a sound technique and I know if I can get my rhythm right and use it effectively, it can be a weapon," Barty said.
"I think Tyzz (coach Craig Tyzzer) and I put a lot of emphasis on my serve, I always have as a kid. I was always serving baskets and baskets of serves to try to create that weapon, try to create a really sound shot.
"I think I've just been able to find some good rhythm and a big part of that is protecting my second serve when I need to do as well. I thought I've done a pretty good job of that over the last half dozen matches or so."
A proud Ngarigo woman, Barty had added impetus for such a polished performance, competing on the Australian Open's inaugural First Nations Day.
The 25-year-old became the second indigenous Australian to triumph on the lawns of Wimbledon last July, following in the footsteps of her idol and mentor, Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
It was the pinnacle of arguably Barty's greatest season yet, a year in which she did not return home between March and September and finished with five titles.
There was no one more proud than seven-time major champion Goolagong Cawley.
"She's an incredible human being. I'm extremely lucky to be able to call her a friend and know that she's only ever a phone call away," Barty said. "The universe has worked in a way that we're so connected. We have some special anniversaries that we share together.
"Obviously, we're connected through our heritage… She's paved a path and she's been able to guide so many of the Indigenous youth coming up in the last however many years, but also her work off the court and I'm privileged to know her and I love her to death."
For 23-year-old Bronzetti, it was a career-defining moment competing against the world No.1 on Rod Laver Arena.
The qualifier had never contested let alone won a match in a Grand Slam main draw but she was up against the might of Barty in full flight.
The Queenslander's three games conceded through her opening two rounds were the fewest since Martina Hingis in 2001 and Steffi Graf in 1989.
Lesia Tsurenko salvaged one game, Bronzetti only one more. Another Italian, Camila Girogi, lay in wait, hoping for a first win in four attempts.
The numbers before her certainly made for some daunting reading.