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**bWxNFI3c** · 07-09-2009, 10:50 PM

NORCROSS, Georgia (CNN) -- Beneath seven flat-screen TVs and one large pulldown screen, members of the Racquet Club of the South gathered Monday to watch and celebrate one of their own.

Melanie Oudin, 17, of Marietta, Georgia, has been taking the tennis world by storm at the U.S. Open. The 70th-ranked female on Saturday defeated Maria Sharapova, the No. 29 seed and former No. 1 world-ranked female player. And on Monday, she beat 13th seed Nadia Petrova in three sets.

"It's still so surreal," said Anne Keeton, player liaison at the club, before the match started. "She sort of wins no matter what happens. She's there going for it and not giving up."

At this suburban club, co-owned and co-directed by Oudin's longtime coach, Brian de Villiers, articles about the local tennis phenom dot the walls. In the Grill, on a Bud Light message board above drink specials, are the words "Congratulations Melanie!" And a photo of her mixed in with other young players is posted near a downstairs fitness room.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/mel...nis/index.html

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bWxNFI3c Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	Oudin makes CNN.com's front page NORCROSS, Georgia (CNN) -- Beneath seven flat-screen TVs and one large pulldown screen, members of the Racquet Club of the South gathered Monday to watch and celebrate one of their own. Melanie Oudin, 17, of Marietta, Georgia, has been taking the tennis world by storm at the U.S. Open. The 70th-ranked female on Saturday defeated Maria Sharapova, the No. 29 seed and former No. 1 world-ranked female player. And on Monday, she beat 13th seed Nadia Petrova in three sets. "It's still so surreal," said Anne Keeton, player liaison at the club, before the match started. "She sort of wins no matter what happens. She's there going for it and not giving up." At this suburban club, co-owned and co-directed by Oudin's longtime coach, Brian de Villiers, articles about the local tennis phenom dot the walls. In the Grill, on a Bud Light message board above drink specials, are the words "Congratulations Melanie!" And a photo of her mixed in with other young players is posted near a downstairs fitness room. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/mel...nis/index.html
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