And the Winner is......

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

Sharapova struggled with injury for much of 2007 but finally managed to shake off most of her ailments in the latter part of the year and returned to some of the tennis that she's renowned for when she reached the final at the WTA Tour Championships.

And having avenged her defeat to Justine Henin in that final in Madrid when she won her quarter-final against the Belgian world No.1 earlier this week, Sharapova completed her third Grand Slam win with a 7-5 6-3 defeat of Serbian Ana Ivanovic.

"When you're going through tough moments, you never know
when you're going to have good moments. I'm just so
thankful that I got this one"
-Sharapova

Sharapova is obviously confident any time she enters a Grand Slam that she can go all the way, but two of her biggest goals for the rest of 2008 would surely be trying to complete a career slam and also success at the Beijing Olympics.

And if she can maintain the stellar form that took her to this breakthrough on Saturday, few would bet against the Russian being right in the hunt at the business end of many major tournaments for years to come.

notes from australianopen.com

Sharapova VS Ivanovic

- Saturday's final marks the fifth clash between Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, but is their first meeting in a final.

- Amazingly, all four matches between the two to date have finished in two sets

- Head-to-head: Ivanovic 2 - 2 Sharapova

- Their only previous meeting in a Grand Slam was at last year's French Open semifinal, where Ivanovic prevailed in straight sets

- Ivanovic is aiming for her first Grand Slam title; Sharapova is chasing her third

- Ivanovic will edge ahead of Svetlana Kuznetsova in the world rankings regardless of Saturday's result and will become the world No.2 when she leaves Melbourne Park

- Sharapova will remain world No.5

- En route to the final Ivanovic has lost only one set, while Sharapova is yet to have lost one.

It's the clash of the hot babes!... who do you think will win?

Contemplating

Ooopsie!, I forgot my blogsite already (Do you like the new look?)..... Well How's lyf? After resigning from work I finally got the time to sit down, think and decide what I really wanna do with my life. I guess Im coping with that "Quarter Life Crisis" drama, I can say that I was really burned out from work I need to unwind a little, I need to stop and think. Anyway Ill be heading to Baguio City this coming Feb. 09 for the 2008 Panagbenga Festival, It's gonna be a blooming trip for me.. hehe. I'm excited! I love baguio! the people, the weather, the food, the city!

Me and my bestfriend decided to take extra courses for fashion merchandizing, we're gonna need a lot of knowledge for our soon to be made business (and I mean entrepreneurship) I still can't come up with a nice brand name though, if you have any suggestions please leave a comment....

2007 is a succesful year for PETA. PETA secured landmark victories for animals when Burger King, Hardee's, and Carl's Jr. agreed to increase their purchases of pig meat and eggs from suppliers that don't confine animals to cages and crates that are so small that the animals can't even turn around. Wendy's also agreed to increase its purchases of crate-free pig meat, and all four restaurant chains agreed to give purchasing preference or consideration to companies that switch to controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK)—the least cruel method of slaughtering chickens. With CAK, birds are killed quickly and painlessly—using nonpoisonous gasses—while they are still in their transport cages. These changes were a direct result of PETA's corporate negotiations and campaign pressure. They will, without question, improve the lives of tens of millions of individual chickens and pigs.

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