American Melanie Oudin Eliminates Jelena Jankovic to Advance at Wimbledon to Round of 16

Melanie Oudin upset the former number one player and #6 seee, Jelena Jankovic.  Although Oudin failed to convert multiple set points in the first set, Oudin battled back strong and took the match in the third set.  It has been 10 years since a woman qualifier has made it to the fourth round in Wimbledon.  Ironically the official news report that was released after the qualifying rounds announced that Alexa Glatch was the only American woman to qualify.

Men’s Singles:

Andy Roddick defeated Jurgen Melzer 7-6(2), 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-3
Jesse Levine went up a set and a break but ultimately was eliminated by Sanislaw Wawrinka 7-5, 5-7, 3-6, 3-6

Women’s Singles:

Venus Williams defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 0 & 4
Melanie Oudin upset #6 seed, Jelena Jankovic, 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-2

US Doubles:

James Blake & Mardy Fish defeated Clement/Gicquel 3, 4 & 2
Vania King
(w/Groenfeld) advanced over Kanepi/Senoglu 3 & 3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (w/Petrova) defeated fellow American Julie Ditty (w/Dzehalevich) 2 & 2
Jill Craybas (w/Coetzee) was eliminated by Rojer/Voskoboeva 6-4, 3-6, 13-15
Travis Parrott (w/Bondarenko) was defeated by Auckland/Baltacha 6(5) & 2
James Cerretani (w/Bammer) advanced over Norman/Dekmeijere 3 & 4 only to be later eliminated by #9 seed, Knowles/Groenefeld 6(5) & 3
Scott Lipsky (w/Makarova) was defeated by Petzschner/Zahlavova Strycova 4 & 4
Vania King (w/Kerr) was eliminated by Pavel/Niculescu 5-7, 6-3, 3-6
Lisa Raymond (w/Matkowski) advanced over Hanley/Rodionova 1 & 3
Eric Butorac (w/Shvedova) defeated Brunstrom/Dushevina 3 & 4, but was then defeated by #15 seed, Dlouhy/Benesova 5 & 6(1)
Liezel Huber (w/Murray) advanced over Zimonjic/Yan 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3

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