There you have it people. Your first major upset of the tournament. I expected some serious fight from Oudin but I did NOT expect this, 57 64 63. The final set was a total breakfest minus a hold from Melanie, and up a break at 53 she had a chance to serve it out. She showed nerves of steel against a struggling JJ in Wimbledon, and it was the same story again. Up 40-0, she blew two match points, and then got her first serve in at 40-30 and took the match. Just wow. Lena was playing inconsistently but not THAT terribly, and Melanie just outlasted her, and was able to dominate on Lena’s serve. So bye bye Masha/Lena in the third round.

At 17, Oudin is definitely a player to watch, and seems like quite a nice girl. Its also nice for the Americans to have a female to focus on who’s last name isn’t Williams. A huge and well deserved win for the young American, we’ll see how she can do against Masha.