The 16-time Major winner, who is gunning for an eighth Australian Open title, knows that the dominance of himself, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who have 55 Slam crowns between them, has to ultimately end.
Eyeing a return to the Indian senior team, the 20-year-old Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval.
Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos and Eden Hazard were all absent at the Santiago Bernabeu for Real Madrid but Casemiro stepped up in their place.
The 19-year-old showed why Dortmund paid Salzburg 20 million euros ($22 million) for him last month when he came on in the 56th minute with his new team 3-1 down.
Chelsea remained vulnerable against Newcastle United at the back and Federico Fernandez headed wastefully over from a Jonjo Shelvey free-kick.
The last Australian woman to win a home title was Jarmila Wolfe in 2011 at Hobart. Barty called her victory “a great start to the year”.
Last year also, Prajnesh Gunneswaran had come through the qualifiers in Melbourne but made the cut at Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open.
Sania Mirza last won a trophy alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Brisbane International in the first week of the 2017 season.
On a personal note, Steve Smith said it was good to be among the runs but he would have preferred if he could take his team over the line.
Showing immense upper body strength, Vinesh Phogat had rattled her rival with shoulder pulls, never allowing her to attack.
