Austin Smith Melanie Oudin: 17 years old Georgia native tennis player, Melanie Oudin and her 15 years old boyfriend, Austin Smith, two young characters of an awesome story , are the media focus this weekend. Melanie Oudin, from her shoes to her interviews, has become the matter of Austin Smith, going on the front pages with the Melanie’s advancement towards the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.
This hottest Tennis top star Melanie Oudin , all of 5’6″-tall and just 130 lbs, after pushing Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva out, she overpowered Nadia Petrova ,on Monday , 7th sep, 2009, in a titanic upset, by a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 score. After Serena Williams, in 1999, she is the youngest American tennis player in the quarterfinals but the hope, prospects and expectations are towering very high,
Melanie Oudin started at the rank No.70 to the U.S. Open but with her exceptional court sense, her game aptitude to opt for an accurate shot, Oudin is now heading for the quarterfinals. Particularly she has an ability to switch from a two-handed backhand to single-handed sliced backhand and she played with no fear and believed that she can beat all these girls.
This “BELIEVE” was the gift of her boyfriend Austin Smith, who gave her the idea about “believe” a few weeks ago when both were talking about what word should be there on her new shoes. According to Smith , Melanie wanted to put something new on her new shoes and remembered an old coach who always used to wear shirts with ‘believe’ on them, so he suggested that this word for her shoes because she has strong belief in herself to do well.
Hope, the “Believe in herself” of this young, enthusiastic, America tennis player will turn towards her victory because she, undoubtedly, an electrifying player , not just in this US Open but in the future as well.
Melanie Oudin Wimbledon Tennis 2009
Austin Smith
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