30 January,2009 01:05 PM IST | | AFP
Russia's Dinara Safina says she will indulge herself with some chocolate cake if she wins her first Grand Slam in Saturday's Australian Open final against Serena Williams.
The third seed has undergone a punishing diet and exercise regime over the past year and is in the best shape of her life as she prepares to contest the decider at Melbourne Park.
But the 22-year-old's burning desire for a Grand Slam breakthrough which would make her No 1 in the world sits alongside her hunger for a simple slice of chocolate cake.
Safina said she normally never touched chocolate but would make an exception if she beat Williams because she would deserve a treat.
"To win on Saturday and to be No 1 in the world, then I'll go and buy chocolate cake," she said.
"This would be my present for myself, that, yes, I can eat that chocolate cake."
Food has also played a part in Williams' campaign at Melbourne Park, with the American posting footage of herself eating a hotdog on her website before the tournament began under the title "Preparing for the Australian Open.
"I'm eating a hot dog. How pretty is it? I almost don't want to eat it - it's picture perfect," she says before chewing down on the mustard-smeared snack.
