Ajla Tomjlanovic has gone down swinging in the Brisbane International quarter-finals in a topsy-turvy three-set battle with world No.8 Karolina Pliskova.

Australia’s final female hope fell 6-1 1-6 6-1 on Friday in a curious contest that lasted just 84 minutes and featured violent swings in momentum in each set.

The world No.46 was smothered in the first set by the tournament’s fifth seed, before turning the tables in a brutal second set display only to see history repeat itself in the decider.