U.S. Open: Melanie Oudin rallies past Nadia Petrova to reach quarterfinals (The Oregonian)

NEW YORK -- When Melanie Oudin wakes up each morning these days, sharing a king-sized hotel bed with her mother, she's basically your average teen visiting the big city. Then the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., gets out on the court at the U.S. Open in those pink-and-yellow sneakers with the...