Commentary
Better believe it
Melanie Oudin is having a remarkable U.S. Open and has no plans to slow down
Updated: September 9, 2009, 12:15 PM ET
By
Lindsay Berra | ESPN The Magazine
Sitting at her home club -- Racquet Club of the South in Norcross, Ga. -- one month before her storybook run at this year's U.S. Open, 17-year-old Melanie Oudin was looking back at her first real success on the big stage. In June, she won three matches to qualify for Wimbledon. She then won three matches in the main draw at the All England Club, beating No. 29 Sybille Bammer and No. 6 Jelena Jankovic before losing to No. 11 Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Lindsay Berra is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine.
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