U.S. Open Tennis
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2009 U.S. Open sweetheart Melanie Oudin falls to Alona Bondarenko
Photo credit: Getty/TIMOTHY A. CLARY
Melanie Oudin, who took the tennis world by storm on these very courts last summer, fell in straight sets to 28th ranked Alona Bondarenko, 6-2, 7-5
Oudin burst onto the tennis scene here last summer, beating Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva before falling in the quarterfinals. Her bubbly personality and "believe" written on her sneakers won the hearts of tennis fans everywhere.
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