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Australian Open 2008

Tuesday 10 January 2012 12:46, UK

  1. Image: Novak Djokovic with the trophy after his 2008 success
  2. Image: Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over Jo Wilfried Tsonga
  3. Image: Jo Wilfried Tsonga feels the heat in the final
  4. Image: Maria Sharapova admires the trophy after defeating Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.
  5. Image: Sharapova and Ivanovic with their silverware after the women's final.
  6. Image: Ivanovic of Serbia sheds a tear after losing the final 7-5, 6-3.
  7. Image: Jelena Jankovic defeats Serena Williams 6-3, 6-4 in the quarters but loses out to Sharapova in the semi-finals.
  8. Image: Defending champion Serena Williams progresses to the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Vaidisova.
  9. Image: Aussie tennis fans add more sunshine to the tournament in Melbourne.
  10. Image: Rafael Nadal made it to the semi-finals but was surprisingly denied a place in the final by unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
  11. Image: Jo Wilfried Tsonga celebrates after making it into the quarter-finals, where he draws Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
  12. Image: Rafael Nadal wins his quarter-final match against Jarkko Nieminen.
  13. Image: Venus Williams and Serena Williams are knocked out of the doubles quarter-final by Chinese pair Yan and Zheng.
  14. Image: Ana Ivanovic enters the tournament as fourth seed and defeats Venus Williams 7-6, 6-4 in the quarters on her route to the final.
  15. Image: World number one Justine Henin won her 32nd consecutive match in the fourth round but that run was ended by Sharapova in the quarters.
  16. Image: Venus Williams fought back twice from service breaks in the first set to secure a place in the quarter-finals; with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Marta Domachowska
  17. Image: Marcos Baghdatis is all-smiles even after being delt a rough draw, after beating 2005 champion Safin, Marcos goes out to Hewitt in the third round.
  18. Image: Home fans favourite Lleyton Hewitt edges past Baghdatis only to fall in the fourth round to the eventual champion Djokovic.
  19. Image: Sharapova ends Lindsay Davenport's tournament before it had even started with a straight sets victory in the second round.
  20. Image: The Russian Maria Kirilenko makes it to the fourth round but fails victim to Hantuchova of Slovakia.
  21. Image: Andy Murray suffered a first round exit at the hands of eventual finalist Tsonga.
  22. Image: James Blake suffers at the hands of Federer in the quarter-finals.
  23. Image: Sharapova drops only 10 services points during the final and wins the tournament without losing a set.
  24. Image: Defending champion Roger Federer sees his ten consecutive Grand Slam finals record ended as Djokovic defeats the world number one.
  25. Image: Ukrainian pair Kateryna Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko claim the women's doubles title.