Photos: Maria Sharapova wins the Australian Open

  2008-01-28 07:59:37 GMT    2008-01-28 15:59:37 (Beijing Time)    Xinhua

Photos: Maria Sharapova wins the Australian Open

Photos: Maria Sharapova wins the Australian Open

  MELBOURNE, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- World No. 5 Maria Sharapova seized her second chance to win the Australian Open here Saturday while Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram became the first Israeli doubles team to win a Grand Slam title.

  The Russian fifth seed defeated Serbian Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-3 to claim her third Grand Slam title after 91 minutes on the Australian Day, an Australian national holiday.