Serena Williams will look to begin the year in style when she lines up against Russia's world number 36 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the Brisbane International women's final tonight.
The reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion cruised into the decider after world number one Victoria Azarenka withdrew from last night's semi-final clash due to a toe infection.
Meanwhile in today's men's semi-finals, top seed and defending champion Andy Murray will take on Japan's Kei Nishikori while former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis faces Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov - the youngest player in the world's top 50 rankings.
The men's semi-finals will start with the Baghdatis-Dimitrov clash at noon (AEST) while the women's decider is scheduled for 7pm.
