Confident Elena Rybakina & Grigor Dimitrov win in Brisbane International.

Elena Rybakina will head to the Australian Open with full confidence after claiming the Brisbane International women's title while Grigor Dimitrov upset Holger Rune to win the men’s title, his first since 2017.

Elena Rybakina claimed her sixth career title with a 6-0, 6-3 rout of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in a perfect tune-up for the first major of 2024.

On the other hand, Second-seeded Grigor Dimitrov beat top-seeded Holger Rune by 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a tightly-fought men’s final for his first tour title in six years.

The 2022 Wimbledon winner was in irresistible form all week, spending only three hours and 40 minutes on court in her four matches.

The final was expected to be a different challenge — the two players had met seven times previously with all but two of those matches going to three tough sets, including last year’s Australian Open final.

But Rybakina soon put those expectations to bed with a blistering start, racing through the first set in 24 minutes, only dropping three points on serve.

She outshone the Belarusian in all aspects, serving beautifully and hitting her groundstrokes with power and depth.

Sabalenka also had an impressive run to the final, but she appeared out of sorts and made a host of unforced errors.

She finally got on the board when she surprisingly broke Rybakina’s serve at 0-2 in the second set but dropped her next serve and there was no way back.

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov was once touted as the player most likely to break the stranglehold Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray had at the top of the men’s game.

But after winning four titles in 2017, including Brisbane, he never reached the heights expected of him and Sunday was a welcome return to the winner’s circle.

Dimitrov said he had been forced to change his game over the past year to match the younger players such as Rune.

“I’ve had to find a way to get to those powerful guys differently,” he said.

“I’m playing a little bit differently to how I used to play before so basically I’m trying to find my way around the court against a different generation.”