[image error] She knows no fear. Or, maybe, she chooses not to pay attention to it, and instead, focuses her attention in the direction of possibilities and opportunities. In a word, she BELIEVES, and she has made believers of us all!

Melanie Oudin has taken New York and the viewers of the U.S. Open tennis tournament by storm. She has beaten three top-seeded opponents including Maria Sharapova. Never mind that she is shorter than most of her opponents, rarely breaks 100 mph on her serve, and was relativ...