Maria Sharapova has claimed her third Grand Slam singles title with victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open 2008 women's tennis singles final at Melbourne Park on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic says his place in Sunday's Australian Open 2008 men's tennis singles final is just reward for the hard work he has put in over the past 18 months.

Saturday's final at Australian Open 2008 tennis tournament marks the fifth clash between Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, but is their first meeting in a final.

Deposed champion and world No.1 Roger Federer has lauded the performance of his Australian Open 2008 semi-final conqueror Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic has ended Roger Federer's 19-match winning streak at Melbourne Park to book a place in Sunday's Australian Open 2008 men's singles final.

The USD 600,000 WTA Bangalore Open, to be held in Bangalore from 3rd -9th March, received a big boost with former world number one Serena Williams confirming her participation in Bangaloe Open tennis championship in India.

Serbian rising star, Ana Ivanovic is going to face Danish Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round of Australia Open 2008. According to schedule posted in the official website of Australian Open 2008, Ana Ivanovic vs Caroline Wozniacki match will be held at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park on 21 January. The match is set to start at 11:00 AM local time.

Famous tennis player Martina Hingis, who at once was world's number one tennis player, is banned from playing tennis professionally by a disciplinary tribunal of The International Tennis Federation (IFT) after testing positive to cocain last year.

Hundreds of people have attended a funeral service in Adelaide for the late Australian tennis champion Ken McGregor.

The United States Davis Cup Tennis Team will be gunning for its 32nd championship when it hosts defending champion Russia in a best-of-five final series starting Friday in Portland, Oregon. As VOA's Steve Schy reports, it will be the first time the United States has hosted the final since 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas, when current world number six Andy Roddick watched from the stands as a 10-year-old.

Roger Federer and Pete Sampras are without doubt two of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen, but they only ever faced each other once.

World No.1 Justine Henin finished the 2007 season with a flourish as she won the final WTA Tour Championships tournament in Madrid on Sunday.