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Oudin's mettle made her fan favorite

By Abigail Lorge, TENNIS.com

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

It's not hard to grasp the appeal of Melanie Oudin. She is a young, cute, undersized underdog who exudes all-American charisma from the tip of her blond ponytail down to the soles of her customized tennis shoes, inscribed with her mantra "Believe." In her dream U.S. Open run, which ended in Wednesday's quarterfinals, Oudin frustrated and flummoxed a series of formidable Russian opponents, and celebrated each successive victory with a wide-eyed, I-can't-believe-it's-happening-to-me expression and ...

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