Oudin’s U.S. Open run is over — but her career may just be starting

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13 Sep

NEW YORK — SI.com caught up with senior writer S.L. Price following Melanie Oudin’s 6-2, 6-2 loss to Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. With her deep run in New York, Oudin is projected to make her top-50 debut and could climb as high as No. 43 when the rankings come out following the Open. She is the youngest American to reach the quarterfinals at any Grand Slam since Serena Williams in 1999.

SI.com: What did you make of Oudin’s run?

Price: The thing that’s great about Melanie Oudin is she is big time. She lives for big moments. She likes to take down big-name players. She’s not scared by anything. That is an absolute “X quality” that the great tennis players need and especially Americans love in their tennis talent. She took down Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon. She took down Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova here. In fact, I’d argue that Caroline Wozniacki is not quite as talented as some of those names and plays a game that is less big. Next >>