Slam season? It’s ova! I’m out of my let’s-research-this mindset from writing for USOpen.org after two glorious weeks with a great staff at the National Tennis Center, so I’ll give someone else a go at this stat: when was the last time a Slam included no “ova” winner? Barring one-half of the girls’ doubles winning […]
trophy be damned, oudin and sock smooch
Love me, Melanie: It was a big night for Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock at the US Open. The two won their maiden slam, stunning the mixed doubles draw by coming through for the title. No. The two didn’t actually smooch. But there seemed to smooching tension. Smoochsion? We crafted up some photoshop guile to […]
tsf interview: melanie oudin on peaches, school and her fave tunes
Fresh peach: Melanie Oudin. (Images courtesy of Wilson) Though 2011 has been a rough go for 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Oudin, the Georgia peach remains a sparkly and upbeat personality on the WTA. The former adidas-clad (remember those shoes?) is now sporting Wilson, and she makes her way toward the Open with a larger question […]
melanie oudin: on the comeback trail?
Or perhaps a better title for this post would have been, “Home is where the belief is.” However you pin it, Melanie Oudin is about to drop out of the top 100. The Georgia gal who took the tennis world by storm at the 2009 US Open has struggled in the 22 months since she […]
practice makes perfect: "i’d hit that"
Now that she’s with Wilson, Melanie Oudin needn’t worry about pumping herself up with mantras about courage and self-confidence. A little double entendre never hurt anyone, right? She — along with other players in the Wilson stable including Anne Keothavong (pictured) — has been wearing practice tees printed with the phrase “I’d Hit That.” Available […]
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