Congrats to American tennis player Melanie Oudin.

[patdog]

Cute little 17-year old girl from Georgia had to go through qualifying just to get into Wimbledon and just took out former world #1 (and current #6) Jelena Jankovic 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the round of 16. I've seen her play earlier this year in a Federations Cup match and that girl is a fierce competitor.

 

[urethrafranklin]

not necessarily the better player going into the round but pounds and scraps her way through. many would be surprised how much effort goes into one set of competitive tennis, much less against one of the best in the world. major respect from over here.

 

[patdog]

Here's what she had to say AFTER the match about Oudin and the match.

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"From what I have seen, she can play if you let her play," said Serbian Jankovic.</p>

"But she cannot hurt you with anything. She doesn't have any weapons, from what I've seen.</p>

"She's a consistent and quite solid player. She doesn't make so many mistakes. But she doesn't do anything either, so it's like she's depending kind of on you."</p>

Considering Oudin made 38 winners to Jankovic's 13, and looked to possess a heavy forehand, that analysis from the sixth seed seemed uncharitable.</p>

Jankovic pointed to her health scare as a factor in the result.</p>

"After the first set I felt really dizzy and I thought that I was going to end up in the hospital," she said. "I started to shake. I was losing my consciousness."</p>

She decided to carry on but remarked she was "feeling quite weak" and had "no power".</p>

"I was like a ghost, you know, white in the face," said Jankovic. "Really, I didn't know where I was.</p>

"The physio came out and she asked me, 'Do you know your name?'. I just saw blurry. It was a really strange feeling. I was scared and I started to cry."</p>

I have a few friends who have seen Jankovic play live at the US Open and they said she is the biggest ***** they've seen. She was rude to the linespeople, the ball kids and the fans. Not to mention that she's never had a loss that she didn't have an excuse for.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[DynamicDawg]

That part?

 

[Irondawg]

So basically JJ is saying Oudin has the same game she has.

JJ only wins with her defense - she has a pitiful serve and doesn't hit a lot of winners either. She generally just outlasts people as well.