MADONNA IN FOR A FIGHT FOR BABY

Madonna is planning on adopting a baby girl.The 'Hung Up' singer has fallen in love with Malawi orphan Jessica Kondanani and is desperate to give her a home, but an Australian couple insist they are already in the process of adopting the 18-month-old girl and will fight the singer all the way. Madonna had been planning to adopt Jessica earlier this year, but chose 13-month-old David Banda after she found out how ill he was. Malawi's minister of child welfare, Penstone Kilembe, told Britain's Closer magazine: "Her first choice, before David, was a baby girl called Jessica Kondanani. We suspect she was abandoned by her mother, possibly a school girl."Australian missionaries Angela Wilmot, 34, and husband John, 42 - who have already adopted four Malawi children - say they are determined to be the first to sign the adoption papers. Angela said: "We were already in the process of adopting Jessica and we hope we will be successful."We heard that Madonna was interested in a child, who we now hear is Jessica - but we are quite far down the line with our adoption."Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie have lodged their intent to adopt Jessica and they have already paid a follow-up visit to see her. Meanwhile, the couple are still waiting to hear if complaints regarding their temporary adoption of David are to be upheld, after a Malawi judge failed to reach a ruling yesterday