Melanie has qualified for her first main draw!! She defeated Wienerova 6-1 6-2/

 

Very nicely done Mel! She was the only US girl to make it through the q draw .

 

Mel Win that first round

 

Melanie is in action today on court 7 Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. Good luck Melanie!

 

Melanie lost her first round match 1-6 4-6.
It was a good tournament for Mel, even if she didn't win a first round. She a nice bit of ranking points and hopefully good experience for the '09 season.

 

Good to see that she qualified for the main draw
Hope she can play consistently at this level throughout the year and end it in the top 100

 

Melanie is next in action at a 75k tournament in Midland, Michigan.

 

Mel pulled out of this tournament so she can play Fed Cup! I think Fed Cup will be a great experience for her. Good luck Mel!

 

rumor is that Fernandez nominated her for FC. Is this true?

 

Yes it is true! Melanie will be representing the USA.

 

Melanie lost her first Fed Cup match against Gisela Dulko. Score was 6-2 7-5.

 

USA! USA!! Melanie won her match today against Betina Jozami! The score was 2-6 6-1 6-2! This was a tremendous under pressure win, seeing as if she would have lost, then the USA would have lost the tie. Congrats Melanie and the Fed Cup team, who ended up winning the Fed Cup tie 3-2!!!

 

I saw her at the USO last year lose to Moorehelp She had a good forehand then(and still does), but she sliced her backhand a lot. Today, she showed she improved a lot hitting winners with her backhand and moving to drop shots well after a while. I am a new fan

 

Nice win today MEL!

 

mel

 

Melanie has entered the Qualifying for the Cellular South Cup in Memphis next week.

 

Correction: Melanie got a Main Draw wild card at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. She is facing Fed Cup teammate Jill Craybas in the first round.

 

Correction: Melanie got a Main Draw wild card at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. She is facing Fed Cup teammate Julie Ditty in the first round.

Jill Craybas
She could play Julie in R2 if they both win

 

Ooops!! Thanks for spotting that. For some reason I always get these two confused.

Yeah, it kind of bums me out she has to play Jill, since they both had such a good experience together with Fed Cup. I hope Mel beats her though.

 

GL Mel!

 

Mel overcame Jill 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the first round of Memphis.

 

Melanie

 

Melanie is currently playing against (5)Erakovic in the second round, and Mel just took the first set 6-4
Go Mel!!!!!

 

Mel lost in 3

 

Tough loss. I was looking on the stats and her percentages of points won on serves in the second set were atrocious. Third set was close though. She had some chances to break but just couldn't convert.

I am not 100% sure, but I would think that Mel would get a main draw wild card into Miami or Indian Wells. I believe she got a wild card into Miami last year.

 

Nice tourney, Melanie. Making progress.

ps, I'm pretty sure she got an Indian Wells Main Draw WC last year. She only gets 3 all year so she will want to use them wisely. I'm sure she wants to save one for US Open.

 

Exactly. Progress is the key thing here. The more progress she makes, the more tournaments she can enter directly. With her 1R win here, she is projected to be in the top 150 for the first time next week. She has been doing much better recently than other junior stars her age, so I'm encouraged.

I checked, and you're right. Last year she got a WC at Indian Wells and Miami. She won her 1R match at Indian Wells, but lost the 1R at Miami. It would predict that she would take a WC at Indian Wells, since she has points to defend there, and play qualifying at Miami. Save the WC for USopen

 

Anybody know why Mel pulled out of both Acapulco and Monterrey ?

 

Oh no! I didn't know she was even playing those two. Hopefully she is ok and didn't get injured in her last match. Maybe she decided to take a break and train before IW and Miami?