Oudin’s Open Comes to an End

I’m sure Oudin’s run to the quarterfinals was thrilling for her and all, but thrills don’t pay the bills. Cash money does. And that’s what she banked on her week-plus of work.

For making it to the quarters, she made $175,000. And with that, of course, comes sponsorships. From SportsBusiness Daily:

The numbers don’t lie.

Melanie Oudin hit 43 unforced errors in her quarterfinal match against Caroline Wozniacki tonight, a staggering number given that the two only played 16 games.

Melanie Oudin is off to a poor start in her quarterfinal match against Caroline Wozniacki. She’s down a break at 0-3 in the first set and has hit six unforced errors and one double fault.

The crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium is still filing in, so the atmosphere on the court is a bit odd. There’s murmuring, little cheering and lots of movement. It’s like one of those early games in the NCAA tournament.

Melanie Oudin and her family left a midtown Manhattan hotel not because there were no more rooms left, but because her coach was too cheap to pay for a higher rate.

Brian de Villiers confirmed to the New York Times tennis blog Straight Sets that he and Oudin’s family left the Marriott, as had been reported earlier today by Sports Business Journal. Unlike Oudin’s agent, who was quoted in the original story, de Villiers gave a reason: his pupil had to change hotels. He said the reservation had run out and the price for reserving a new room had increased.

They only release the schedule of play on a daily basis, so there’s nothing on the U.S. Open site about Oudin’s quarterfinal match. But CNBC’s Darren Rovell tweets that the match will be in primetime tomorrow night. Seems like the obvious decision given that there are no American men left and Oudin really is the story of the tournament.