melanie oudin

melanie oudin


Melanie oudin upsets jankovic
Just one day after I posted about her becoming the next big American tennis star Melanie Oudin won her sixth straight match in Wimbledon upsetting sixth seeded Jelena Jankovic in a three set battle 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-2. After coming through the qualifying last week, the 17 year old Oudin has played great tennis in the first week of Wimbledon. Today she used her power and variety effectively to upset Jankovic.

Oudin dispelled some of my doubts about her size because she does look freakishly strong for a seventeen year old. I think she can pack a little more power into her strokes with her current body type, but the most impressive part of her game today was her variety, she proved she is an all court player who can use slices and drop shots effectively.

This result is monumentally dissapointing for Jankovic, who started the year ranked #1. If Jankovic continues with these results she will be fighting just to be in the top 10 soon. Kind of reminds me of Ivanovic. Ivanovic did, however, advance today with a win over Sam Stosur.