Australian Open 2008 women's singles champion Maria Sharapova says her victory in this tennis tournament is just reward for all the hard work she has put in over recent months.

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.

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.

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.

Russia's Dinara Safina and Nathalie Dechy from France clinched the Grand Slam trophy after winning the 2007 U.S. Open tournament in New York in the women's doubles.

Top seeded Roger Federer and Justine Henin breezed over qualifiers into the second round of the US Open while reigning Grand Slam champions Serena and Venus Williams also advanced handily.

Elena Dementieva became Ä°stanbul Cup 2007 Champion as Aravane Rezai retired in the second round due to injury.

Vania King, who replaced an injured Serena Williams on Sunday, won her reverse singles to clinch the United States victory over Belgium and send it to the Fed Cup semifinals. The 18-year-old King, who won raves for her rendition of the U.S. national anthem before the first match Saturday, beat Kirsten Flipkens 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to give the United States an insurmountable 3-0 lead.