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Australian Open - Day 13

Saturday 31 January 2009 13:04, UK

  1. Image: Dinara Safina and Serena Williams are on the Rod Laver court all set for the 2008 Australian Open women's singles final.
  2. Image: Williams is hot favourite to claim her fourth Australian Open crown as she takes on Dinara Safina in the final.
  3. Image: Russia's Safina is appearing in only her second ever Grand Slam singles final, although she was also the Olympic Games runner-up last year.
  4. Image: The American second seed is so powerful in the opening set and takes just 22 minutes to wrap it up without dropping a single game.
  5. Image: Safina is struggling to keep up with the pace and strength of Williams' hitting while she's committing too many double faults and unforced errors.
  6. Image: In the second set Williams bounces back from an early break to seize the initiative once again.
  7. Image: The 27-year-old clenches her fist as a service hold sees her move to within one game of Melbourne glory.
  8. Image: Safina's dream is fading rapidly but having pulled the deficit back to 5-3 she at least avoids suffering the biggest ever Australian Open final defeat.
  9. Image: It's all over and Williams can celebrate her comfortable 6-0 6-3 victory in just less than an hour to become Australian Open champion for the fourth time.
  10. Image: The players receive their trophies and it's smiles all round.
  11. Image: Williams has her hands on a 10th Grand Slam trophy and the victory means she's now become the world number one.
  12. Image: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan are aiming to win their third Australian Open men's doubles crown.
  13. Image: They are up against third seeds Mark Knowles and Mahesh Bhupathi.
  14. Image: After a slow start the Bryans clinch a 2-6 7-5 6-0 triumph for their seventh Grand Slam title.
  15. Image: Earlier in the day Laura Robson was bidding for her second junior Grand Slam title as she battles against Ksenia Pervak in the girls' final.
  16. Image: But the junior Wimbledon champion finds the going tough in the Melbourne heat.
  17. Image: Pervak takes full control of the contest and wins cmfortably 6-3 6-1.
  18. Image: Robson can still be pleased with her runner-up prize.
  19. Image: In the boys' final, Yuki Bhambri proves he could well have a bright future in the sport.
  20. Image: The Indian youngster, also seeded one, cruised to a 6-3 6-1 victory over Alexandros Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany.
  21. Image: In the junior boys' doubles final, Francis Casey Alcantara and Cheng Peng Hsieh lift the trophy.
  22. Image: While the girls' event goes to Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanovic.
  23. Image: Britain's Peter Norfolk wins his third Australian Open wheelchair quad singles title after claiming a straight-sets victory over David Wagner.