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Melanie Oudin

Melanie Oudin (born September 23, 1991 in Marietta, Georgia, United States) is an American tennis player and former world junior no.

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After more than decade at or near top of tennis, Williams sisters face questions about future

Almost from the moment Venus and Serena Williams appeared on the Grand Slam scene in the late 1990s, they've been winning titles and transcending tennis, becoming red-carpet celebrities as much as sports stars.

Every so often, like all elite athletes, they've heard questions about whether their best days were behind them, whether health problems or off-court distractions were taking their toll. And each time, it seemed, one or the other — or sometimes, amazingly, both — would promptly reach a major final, as if to say, "Hey, don't count us out yet."Now that each is past her 30th birthday, and big victories are less frequent than ever, those questions are bound to get more persistent, especially after this week. The 2012 French Open has been the worst Grand Slam tournament in Williams family history, the first of the 43 that both entered at which neither reached the third round.Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 in the second round Wednesday at Roland Garros, barely providing any resistance against Agn...

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  1. 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Oudin ends Grand Slam drought with 1st-round win at French Open

    Surprise 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin ended a five-match Grand Slam losing streak by beating Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-3, 6-3 in the French Open's ...

  2. Kuznetsova, Stosur, Ivanovic move on at French Open

    Former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's winners at the French Open in Paris.The 13th-seeded Ivanov...

  3. 5 major champions advance to 2nd round at French Open, 1 more to come on Day 1

    Five major champions successfully made their way through the first round of the French Open on Sunday's opening day. One didn't.Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova we...

  4. 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Oudin ends Grand Slam drought with 1st-round win at French Open

    It had been awhile since Melanie Oudin felt confident she could win a match at tennis' top tournaments.And, well, it had been awhile since the surprise 2009 U.S. Ope...

  5. Venus, Kuznetsova, Stosur, Ivanovic move on at French Open

    Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth- seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's first-roun...

  6. Kuznetsova, Stosur move on at French Open

    Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur were among the early winners at the French Open on Sunday in Paris.The 26th-seeded Kuznetsova, the 2009 women...

  7. Sam Stosur, Svetlana Kuznetsova advance to 2nd round at French Open with straight-set wins

    Major champions Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly made their way into the second round of the French Open on Sunday, both winning in straight sets on the op...

  8. Melanie Oudin's US Open run over after 2 rounds with straight-set loss to Alona Bondarenko

    Melanie Oudin's U.S. Open run is over after two rounds this year.Oudin lost a sloppy match to 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday. The teen...

  9. Melanie Oudin advances in walkover, Dinara Safina reaches quarterfinals in Morocco

    Melanie Oudin of the United States advanced with a walkover win Thursday and Dinara Safina defeated Alize Cornet 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Grand Pri...

  10. Australia's Stosur beats American teenager Melanie Oudin 6-4, 6-4

    French Open finalist Samantha Stosur advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over American teenager Melanie Oudin on Wednesday in the Mercury Insurance Open.Stosur, the No. 2 s...

  11. Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters to play Melanie Oudin of US in Fed Cup in Belgium

    Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters will play Melanie Oudin on Saturday in the Fed Cup when Belgium faces the United States in the best-of-five series.Yanina Wick...

  12. Melanie Oudin , Bethanie Mattek-Sands give US 2-0 Fed Cup lead over France

    LIEVIN, France (AP) — Melanie Oudin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the opening singles to give the United States a 2-0 lead against France in the quarterfinals of the...

  1. 'Going in the right direction': Melanie Oudin sees herself on way back up after 'down part'

    Melanie Oudin was introduced to the world — and to the notion of outsized expectations — when she was an unseeded and unknown 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., who ups...

  2. 'Believe': 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin of Georgia earns French Open wild card

    About 2½ years after her captivating run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals, Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., has earned a wild card into the French Open.The U.S. Tennis ...

  3. Rough going for US women in French Open's 2nd round: Oudin, Falconi, King out in straight sets

    Melanie Oudin and other young American women are finding the going much tougher in the second round of the French Open.The three U.S. women on court early Wednesday ...

  4. Azarenka, Radwanska, Stosur roll on; Venus exits French

    World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and former runner-up Samantha Stosur landed in the win column, while former runner-up Venus Williams ...

  5. American women perfect 10 for 10 so far at French Open, giving US most in 2nd round since 2003

    American women are 10 for 10 so far at the French Open, giving the country its most representatives in the Grand Slam tournament's second round since 11 made it in 2...

  6. Azarenka, Stosur open second round in Paris with easy wins

    After Tuesday's stunning loss by Serena Williams to close the first round of the 2012 French Open, there were no surprises early in second-round play on Wednesday as...

  7. Rough going for US women in French Open's 2nd round: Oudin, Venus Williams, King out

    Melanie Oudin and other young Americans are finding the going much tougher in the second round of the French Open.The U.S. women went 1-6 at Roland Garros on Wednesd...

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