Ash Barty is promising to "give it a crack" - nothing less, nothing more - as she attempts to bust Australia's most infamous sports drought once again.
Barty began the women's top-seeded title bid at Melbourne Park for the third year in a row on Monday.
The 25-year-old's last two attempts to become the first home hope of hoisting the Open singles trophy since Chris O'Neill in 1978 ended with defeats in the semi-finals and quarter-finals.
Barty says she fully understands how much it would mean to Australia if she could break the 44-year-old's Open Hoodoo this month.
"Yeah, I do. I can't do anything but try," she said on Saturday.
"That's all I can do. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen.
"I just have to hope that everyone understands that I am giving it my best performance.
"It's not always exactly what you want.
"But you go about it the right way, you do the right things and try and give yourself the best chance — that's all you can do.
"The same goes for all the other Australians, everyone else in the draw.
"They're trying to do that thing over and over, doing the right thing and giving themselves a chance."
Starting her campaign against Ukraine qualifier Lesia Surenko, Barty has "no regrets" pulling out of this week's Sydney Tennis Classic to rest after a grueling but winning season starter in Adelaide.
The Wimbledon champion added his 14th singles crown to his collection and teamed up with Storm Sanders to win the doubles.
"Obviously we played a lot of matches in Adelaide," she said.
"After talking with our team in Adelaide, it was the right decision for us.
"It's nice to be here."
Barty's effortless approach to her home slam comes as the two previous winners of the Open cheered on the Queenslander, a deserving title favorite and hugely popular world No.
"She's the ideal No. 1," said defending champion Naomi Osaka, who could face Barty in a fourth-round blockbuster.
"She's so consistent. I saw all the sacrifices I made last year, like, traveling back to Australia without coming back. I knew it must have been really tough.
"She's really amazing. She's always so positive. She and her coaches, they're always really nice to everyone I can look up to.
"So yeah, I really like him a lot."
American Sofia Kenin, who defeated Barty in 2020 before switching to Garbine Muguruza in the decider at Melbourne Park, said she was surprised how much the Australian has developed her game.
"She's playing better and better in every match," said Kenin, who lost to Barty in Adelaide last week.
"Against me, he served really well. I was really stumped by it.
"I can see that he has definitely improved and has a lot of confidence.
"He's got a great team around him, and they're doing everything right."
Ash Barty's Possible Path to Australian Open Glory (prefix indicating potential opponent's ranking)
1st rd: 120-Lesya Tsurenko
2nd rd: 79-Varvar Gracheva
3rd rd: 33-Camila Giorzo
Fourth: 14-Naomi Osaka
QF: 6-Maria Sakkari
SF: 4-Barbora Krejcikova
F: 2-Aryna Sabalenka