Tennis-Wimbledon-American teenager Oudin lives the dream
LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - As a child, Melanie Oudin sat transfixed in front of the television watching Venus and Serena Williams battling at Wimbledon.
Now the vivacious teenager is living her own dream on the greatest stage in tennis after knocking out sixth seed Jelena Jankovic to take her place in the last 16 at Wimbledon.
Bubbling with enthusiasm, she said "It's unbelievable."
"The fourth round at Wimbledon, I definitely did not see that coming," added the 17-year-old after fighting through three rounds of the qualifying tournament just to get to Wimbledon.
She now faces Poland's number 11 seed Agnieszka Radwanska for a place in the quarter-finals.
Under the media spotlight for the first time in her short career, Oudin was bombarded with questions about what first inspired her, who first got her to hold a racket.
Venus, Serena and Grandma," she replied.
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