Oudin at the Open
 Photos: Check out the best shots of American teenager Melanie Oudin's memorable five-match run at the U.S. Open. |
Melanie Oudin ran out of Russians to play and lost.
Beating a Danish 19-year-old who is closer to her age group was always going to be a different task and, as it turned out, a more difficult one.
To the disappointment of the vast crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium and everyone down there in Marietta, Ga., Oudin's fantastic run at this year's U.S. Open came to a fairly abrupt end Wednesday night at the hands of No. 9 seed Caroline Wozniacki, who employed just the right kind of tactics to beat the 17-year-old starlet 6-2, 6-2.
"I knew she was going to be tough and I knew she was going to fight to the last point," said Wozniacki afterwards. "So I was like, I have to get as many balls back as possible and try to make her run. Keep her on her backhand and make her run on her forehand. That was my goal and I think it was a good way to play the match today."
