Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Champion
Samantha Stosur - Women's Singles Champion
Philipp Petzschner & Jurgen Melzer - Men's Doubles Champions
Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond - Women's Doubles Champions
Jack Sock & Melanie Oudin - Mixrd Doubles Champions
Photos: Getty/Reuters
Oh yea, this happened over the weekend:
Italy d USA 3-1
Sorry for not keeping up with this guys, I'm not really a fan of Fed Cup.
And I watched the matches too - well, the TV was on in the background.
Italy has now won this thing 3 of the last 5 years. Kind of an odd dynasty.
'10 MIA's: Serena & Venus have to play in '11 - for Olympic qualification.
Neener-Neener
Great win for Melanie Oudin over Fran - Mel has not played well this year.
Wonder how they celebrated the win? Tourists love that Gaslamp District.
The WTA 2010 season is officially over.
Photos: Reuters
US Open - Men's Second Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky d Ryan Harrison - 63 57 36 63 76(6)
Ryan had 3 match points in the 5th set tie-break. Tough, tough loss.
But I hope he looks at it as a good loss.
This was Ryan's 1st US Open and his 1st 5 set match.
The 18 year-old got a little taste of the 'big time' that should await him.
But guys, it's not going to happen overnight - give him time.
His ranking will get a nice bump up from his current #220.
Good news: He's still alive in doubles. Men's with Robert Kendrick and...
Mixed doubles with Melanie Oudin - suddenly a team to really cheer for.
Photo: Reuters
US Open - Women's Second Round
29 Alona Bondarenko d Melanie Oudin - 62 75
Aw. No Cinderella run for Melanie this year. Shoulda stuck with 'Believe'.
Mel made a late charge in the 2nd set & tried to make things interesting...
Not enough. But guys, this was NOT an upset.
Having reached the Qfs last year her ranking will surely take a big hit.
As for Alona, this is her 10th trip to a Slam 3rd round: 1-8.
She'll next play Roland Garros champ Francesca Schiavone - H2H: 4-3/FS.
This will be Fran's 23rd match in a 3rd round at a Slam: 12-10.
Photo: Reuters
Tomorrow. Here we go. Two weeks of Open fun. And NO rain. Please.
***
Daniela Hantuchova vs Dinara Safina - H2H: 3-6
What planet am I on when Dinara is the lower ranked of the two?
Dinara has won their last 4 matches - including in New Haven last week.
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5 Samantha Stour vs Elena Vesnina - H2H: 0-1
Elena's win came last year in New Haven - that's not too long agao.
Since her French Open run to the final Sam's only been to 2 Sf's & 2 Qfs.
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13 Jurgen Melzer vs Dmitry Tursunov - H2H: 0-2
Jurgen is riding a career high. Dmitry is on the comeback trail at #482.
Bad news for Dmitry: In 4 tournaments back he's only won 1 match.
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Melanie Oudin (above) vs Olga Savchuk - H2H: 1-0
Talk about pressure - 1st up on Day 1 on Arthur Ashe.
Also, an early loss and Mel's ranking (#43) will take a big hit.
COURAGE.
Photo: Oudin with Andy Roddick & Novak Djokovic at Kids Day yesterday.
Cincinnati WTA - 1st Round
Elena Vesnina d Melanie Oudin - 62 63
The American darling of last year's USO is having a rough season.
She'd a great February winning Fed Cup matches & a Sf & Qf in tournaments.
Other than that she has only won back-to-back matches twice.
Wrong way: She earned her career high ranking of 31 in April, she's now #42.
But with Qf points to defend at the Open... Time to 'Believe' again.
Sophomore slumps are pretty common tho - and she's young.
I 'believe' she will work through it & rise to new heights in 2011.
Photo: Melanie at the Great American Tower earlier in the week - Getty Images
Maria Kirilenko d 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova - 62 36 64 - 2nd Round
And so Sveta's miserable year continues...
She has failed to reach the quarters in all 7 tournaments played this season.
This, as Roland Garros looms - where she is the defending champion. Um...
1st Round Winners Today Included:
11 Yanina Wickmayer d Q Karolina Sprem - 63 16 64
12 Flavia Pennetta d Q Akgul Amanmuradova - 62 63
13 Francesca Schiavone d Daniela Hantuchova - 36 62 62
Ana Ivanovic d Elena Vesnina - 61 63
Q Bethanie Mattek-Sands d Melanie Oudin - 61 63
Photo: Getty Images
USA d Russia 3-2
M3. Elena Dementieva d Melanie Oudin - 76(4) 06 63
M4. Bethanie Mattek-Sands d. Ekaterina Makarova - 64 26 63
M5. Huber & Mattek-Sands d. Dementieva & Kudryavtseva - 63 61
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Italy d Czech Republic 5-0
M3. Flavia Pennetta d Petra Kvitova - 76(3) 62
M4. Sara Errani d Lucie Hradecka - 64 62
M5. Errani & Schiavone d Hradecka & Pecshke - 62 64
Photo: AP
Pretty sure that may be all the fans that were actually in attendance.
USA is tied with Russia 1-1
M1. Melaine Oudin d All Kudryaavtseva - 63 63
M2. Elena Dementieva d Bethanie Mattek-Sands - 64 63
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Italy leads Czech Republic 2-0
M1. Flavia Pennetta d Lucie Hradecka - 64 75
M2. Francesca Schiavone d Lucie Safarova - 60 62
Photo: AP
Player of the Year: Serena Williams
Doubles Team: Serena Williams & Venus Williams
Fan Favorite Doubles Teams: Serena Williams & Venus Williams
Newcomer: Melanie Oudin
Most Improved Player: Yanina Wickmayer
Player Service Award: Liezel Huber
Comeback Player: Kim Clijsters
Fan Favorite Player: Elena Dementieva
Photos: Getty images
Looks like Roberta is having a stroke - of genius - in defeating Mel.
Roberta Vinci d. Melanie Oudin - 36 63 60
Come on Mel, you've gotta Believe a little harder!
Photo: Getty Images
For the second week running Melanie 'Believe' Oudin is my women's pick for rocking the rankings.
Melanie is on a nice little run of good results this month. First there were the two wins in Fed Cup, then a semifinal showing in Paris and last week a quarter in Memphis. And all this hard work is paying off as this week she is up 9 to #42.
It looks like she'll be taking a couple weeks off before she heads to the Indian Wells/Miami swing where she can gooble up some points as she lost 1st in both last year.
Heck, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it - at this pace I believe Melanie WILL be seeded at the French Open in May.
Melanie Oudin made one of the biggestjumps in the Top 100 on the WTA rankings today. Losing a tight 3-setter to Elena Dementieva in her first semifinal appearance this past weekend in Paris propels her up 11 spots to #42.
Heading into the Indian Wells/Miami double I like her chances of improving her ranking. She lost 1st round in both year and I don't see that happening next month. Hey, I believe she may even find herself seeded by the time the US Open rolls around.
semifinal result >>> final match - h2h:
1 Elena Dementieva (above) d. Melanie Oudin - 46 63 63
(Oudin's 1st WTA final will have to wait a bit longer. So close.)
>>> Dementieva vs Safarova - h2h 1-0
Lucie Safarova (below) d. 2 Flavia Pennetta - 46 63 64
Photos: Reuters
Attagrrrrrrrl.
It took Melanie a little time to produce a follow-up to her Cinderella run at the US Open last summer - but good things always happen in Paris, right?
Last week she went to France as part of the American Fed Cup 'B' team and enjoyed success winning both of her singles matches - and the tie. Then she stuck around for another week only to find herself in her first ever tour level semifinal. C'est bon!
She'll next play Elena Dementieva and we all remember what happened the last time these two tangled at the US Open. From the brink Melanie produced a stunning upset in the 2nd round.
And for a little bonus, Melanie should see a nice bump in the rankings from her current #53 come Monday.
IN PARIS TODAY
quarterfinal result >>> semi matchup - h2h
1 Elena Dementieva d. Andrea Petkovic - 36 64 62
>>> Dementieva vs Oudin - h2h 0-1
Melanie Oudin d. Agnes Szavay - 26 64 62
*****
Lucie Safarova d. 6 Shahar Peer - 63 60
>>> Safarova vs Pennetta - h2h 1-0
2 Flavia Pennetta d. Tathiana Garbin - 61 63
Photo: Reuters
Melanie Oudin Wins Maiden Title at Birmingham
WTA Birmingham - Final
Q Melanie Oudin d WC 5 Jelena Jankovic - 64 62
Awesome win for Mel.
Since her unbelievable run to the Qf's at the '09 USO she's really dropped off.
In fact, she has only won 3 Slam matches since.
The win will bump her up the rankings from #208 to #122.
Bonus: The win also got her a wildcard into Wimbledon next week.
Post match: I've learned a lot about my game, how I want to play...
How to play within myself and not trying to do more than I can.
That's what I did really well all week.
Photo: Getty Images
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