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Top seed and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was a second-round upset victim, while fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens notched a pair of victories Wednesday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.China's Zheng Jie upended the Danish star and 2011 Brussels champion Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 at Royal Primerose Tennis Club. Zheng also recorded a first-round victory earlier in the day by outlasting American qualifier Mallory Burdette 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.Stephens finally completed a first-round match that started here on Monday by beating Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, and then posted a second- round win by blasting Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-0 on Day 3. Zhang peppered Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-3 in a round-of-32 matchup earlier Wednesday.Rain wreaked havoc here on Tuesday, wiping out 10 first-round affairs.Meanwhile, second-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci was tied with Kazakhstani qualifier Yulia Putintseva, 6-3, 5-7 when their secon...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Melanie Oudin had emotion and a hometown-flavored crowd on her side. Those advantages just took some time to kick in.Oudin beat Alla Kudryavt...
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...
When Melanie Oudin wakes up each morning these days, sharing a king-sized hotel bed with her mother, she's basically your average teen visiting the big city.Then the...
PARIS (AP) — Top-seeded Elena Dementieva rallied to defeat Melanie Oudin 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Saturday and reach the final of the Open GDF Suez for the second straight year...
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...
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...
Former champion Venus Williams was a lopsided first-round loser at the Italian Open tennis event.Promising British left-hander Laura Robson whipped the former world ...
In a match featuring 18 breaks of serve, Dinara Safina edged fellow Russian Anastasia Pivovarova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR.S...
Melanie Oudin of the United States ousted 10th-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday at the Aegon Classic grass-court tournament.Zheng Jie defeated ...
American Melanie Oudin has received a wild card into Wimbledon.The 20-year-old was a quarterfinalist at the 2009 U.S. Open but has struggled to regain that form. On ...
Former U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin has received a wild card into this year's tournament.The U.S. Tennis Association announced on Wednesday the eight wome...
American Melanie Oudin will play former top-ranked player Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the rain-delayed Aegon Classic final after both players won quarterfinal and s...
Reigning two-time champion Maria Sharapova resumed her winning ways in Rome with an easy second-round victory Wednesday at the $2.37 million Italian Open, a clay-cou...
Back pain forced Andy Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He may have to sit out the French Open, too.Rafael Nad...
Reigning two-time champion Maria Sharapova resumed her winning ways in Rome with an easy second-round victory, while her fellow former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka ...