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And she has backing from the Federers too

Count Robert Federer among the throngs of ecstatic Melanie Oudin fans at the United States Open. The father of Roger Federer, the men’s No. 1 player, who was scheduled to play at Arthur Ashe Stadium after Oudin’s fourth-round victory over Nadia Petrova, was smiling and bouncing and shaking his head in delight as Oudin made her way off the court and Roger Federer made his way on.

“She’s really something, isn’t she?” Robert Federer said. “She just keeps doing it to these Russians.”

Federer wondered aloud how Oudin managed to get into the heads of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova and now Petrova. Noting Oudin’s knack for outlasting Russian opponents who tend to make fatal mistakes late in a match, Federer said, “Something is going on.” http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.co...r-federers-dad