Her countrywoman Samantha Stosur, the U.S. Open champion, is bearing the cross of attempting to become first homegrown winner of the Australian Open since Chris O'Neil in 1978, though she has never made it past the fourth round.
She wears a gold necklace bearing four lockets -- a heart for love, a cross for her Christian faith, a sand dollar for her fondness of the beach and an eye to ward off evil.