Melanie Oudin – The New Darling of Tennis

Char — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:30:50 +0000

Tennis has a new darling – and at a time when the sport really could use an infusion of fresh! Seventeen year old Melanie Oudin from Marietta, Georgia is burning up the courts at the U.S. Open this week, starting the tournament off with a ranking of 70 and now qualified to the quarterfinals defeating Kazakhstan’s 21-year old Yaraslova Shvedova in three hard-fought, endless sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Melanie Oudin is the youngest American woman to make it to the quarterfinals of America’s Grand Slam in 10 years – since Serena Williams did in 1999. And Melanie is also the youngest woman still in the US Open tournament as of now.

Melanie appeared on the Good Morning America show today saying “Anything can happen. There’s no stopping me now I think and I’m just going to keep playing the way I play, and fighting hard, and I think that’s the best you can do.” Below is a clip from the press conference at the US Open:

Melanie plays again on Wednesday, September 9 in the Quarterfinals.

Wimbledon – It’s About Time

Char — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:27:42 +0000

When it comes to tennis, I can name many more women tennis stars than men, but it seems that until this year, the prize purse for men has been larger than that for the women. As a matter of fact, The All England Club has been paying its women champions less for 123 years. Hell-o?

How much more you ask? Last year, men’s champion Roger Federer received $1.170 million and women’s winner Amelie Mauresmo got $1.117 million.Â I’m not sure how The All England Club got away with this all these years.

Anyhow, I am glad to see that the playing field has finally be leveled and the women who work and train as hard as their male counterparts will be compensated equally!!!

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Melanie Oudin – The New Darling of Tennis

Wimbledon – It’s About Time