Georgia native Melanie Oudin has moved her base to New York and is currently working at the USTA Player Development center at Flushing Meadows, the home of the U.S. Open. Oudin, who began to work with USTA coaches last fall after splitting with her longtime private coach, Brian DeVilliers, was unable to get into the qualifying draw at Indian Wells, as her ranking has fallen to No. 209.
The 20-year-old has not won a WTA main-draw match without her opponent retiring since last April, and has not won a set in four matches this year. The 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist is one of three prominent U.S. women now working at the facility, including No. 34 Christina McHale and No. 85 Varvara Lepchenko.—Matt Cronin