Oh Donald...I think Nike is going to drop him VERY soon.He gets a wild card to the Aptos challenger and loses in the first round to the mighty Alex Bogdanovic (no stranger himself to GB wildcards).
He gets a wild card to the Aptos challenger and loses in the first round to the mighty Alex Bogdanovic (no stranger himself to GB wildcards).
Alex Bogdanovic WON a match?? What's got into HIM??? :shock:
Another example of a careless punk who does not show up on time, work hard, treat the game with respect, respect others or himself.
The similarities between DY and Demetrius Walker are scary:
http://www.ballinisahabit.net/2010/09/demetrius-walker-returns-to-sports.html
Wanna know what's sad? Most any of us here could play Donald Young, and while we're not going to win the match, we could probably take 2-3 games off the guy based off his errors alone.
You truly sure about that?
I never said any of us would beat him. Kid's still a beast athlete, so we have to give that to him. I just meant that, match after match after match, he goes for the same shots, makes the same errors, double faults the same amount, etc... If it comes up to us, we barely win a point on the guy, but the guy is flat out his own worst enemy.
Does this mean Bogdanovic is now British number 1?
What's keeping him from making mistakes against a lesser player?
But I'm just saying that the guy has faced guys like Nadal and Hewitt, and made tons of errors. He's faced guys like Blake and lost because of errors.
When he's been on his horrible losing streaks like he's been on in these qualifiers and wild cards, he makes these same mistakes. I'm not saying anyone on here is BETTER than Donald Young, because that's a numbnuts idea in itself. I'm just saying that, no matter who he plays, he plays the same way, makes a ton of errors, double faults a ton, and gets into his own head.
Now if he curbed the mistakes, every single one of us here would be lucky to get a point. That's just what I'm trying to say. I once got whacked in a tournament 1 and 1 by a guy WAY WAY past my level(I was 18 at the time), and the reason it was 1 and 1 instead of a double bagel because, in those two games he lost combined, he had 4 double faults and four errors.
Donald Young's problem, flat out, is his head more than anything else. He's still an elite player compared to the world, but he makes a LOT of mistakes(and the majority are unforced), and that's my point. What's keeping him from making mistakes against a lesser player?
That's the only point I'm making. Ok, so our shots wouldn't be as dangerous to him, so those mistakes would be limited. What about his serve? He double faults a ton.
These losses year-in year-out have got to hurt.
It's not like he's losing every match he plays.
He actually consistently wins matches. Despite the occasional first-round-loss at a challenger, on an average week he wins more matches than he loses. If you look at http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Yo/D/Donald-O-Young.aspx?t=pa and include challengers and qualies, his record is like 35-16. It's just that he plays mostly on the challenger level, and there he's near the upper echelon of challenger players (so he gets wins) but he's near the lower echelon of ATP-tour-level players, so when we see him at ATP-level events he mostly loses. His record at the ATP level for this year is 6-9, which means that at below-ATP-level events his record is, I believe 29-7.
He's settled in to his career. It looks like he'll be one of those guys that permanently stays in the just-below-100 range, with occasional forays into the top 100 when he gets a few good wins. It's not a glamorous career by any means, but it's enough to make a living.
I don't feel sorry for him. I'm not jealous of him either, but he should do okay. He's not going to live up to his hype as a great player by any means, but it's not like I feel sorry for the plenty of other players that have careers like that. Do you also feel sorry for Michael Russell, or George Bastl, or the many guys at the level of Russell and Bastl who *don't* have that one extra big moment.
He's one of the top 200 professional tennis players... IN THE WORLD. Most of us on here couldn't get 3 games off the #20 junior player in our country.
Donald Young would bagel all of us without breaking a sweat.
Winning a Jr slam, especially Wimbledon, is a big deal and historically a good predictor of professional success.
It's not like he's losing every match he plays.
He actually consistently wins matches. Despite the occasional first-round-loss at a challenger, on an average week he wins more matches than he loses. If you look at http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Yo/D/Donald-O-Young.aspx?t=pa and include challengers and qualies, his record is like 35-16. It's just that he plays mostly on the challenger level, and there he's near the upper echelon of challenger players (so he gets wins) but he's near the lower echelon of ATP-tour-level players, so when we see him at ATP-level events he mostly loses. His record at the ATP level for this year is 6-9, which means that at below-ATP-level events his record is, I believe 29-7.
He's settled in to his career. It looks like he'll be one of those guys that permanently stays in the just-below-100 range, with occasional forays into the top 100 when he gets a few good wins. It's not a glamorous career by any means, but it's enough to make a living.
I don't feel sorry for him. I'm not jealous of him either, but he should do okay. He's not going to live up to his hype as a great player by any means, but it's not like I feel sorry for the plenty of other players that have careers like that. Do you also feel sorry for Michael Russell, or George Bastl, or the many guys at the level of Russell and Bastl who *don't* have that one extra big moment.
Watch this shootout third set. Pretty bad tennis from both sides, but this REALLY sums up Donald Young's problems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDyUzhCB6mg
Do you also feel sorry for Michael Russell, or George Bastl, or the many guys at the level of Russell and Bastl who *don't* have that one extra big moment.
The similarities between DY and Demetrius Walker are scary:
http://www.ballinisahabit.net/2010/09/demetrius-walker-returns-to-sports.html
Not as much as you'd think. Here's a list of past winners: some familiar names, but pretty amazing how many I don't recognize at all . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_champions#Junior
completely agree. He could beat all of us playing with his right hand. Unfortunately for Young, he can't make a living playing against us.
Also, Demetrius Walker didn't grow taller than 6'3" but Donald is the average height of a tennis pro.
Wanna know what's sad? Most any of us here could play Donald Young, and while we're not going to win the match, we could probably take 2-3 games off the guy based off his errors alone.
To the other guy who thinks he could get 2-3 games off DY, just goes to show you have no clue what you're talking about.
Hey Rob, AGAIN you do not read what I said.
No it's not. I said BASED OFF HIS ERRORS ALONE!
I never said any of us would outhit him, or kick his ass, or even get a point by our own volition. I'm saying HIS OWN MISTAKES!
I've also said I can easily be wrong on this(and odds are I really am), but I'm not afraid to make a theory like that.
No it's not. I said BASED OFF HIS ERRORS ALONE!
I never said any of us would outhit him, or kick his ass, or even get a point by our own volition. I'm saying HIS OWN MISTAKES!
I've also said I can easily be wrong on this(and odds are I really am), but I'm not afraid to make a theory like that.
The fact that one of us amateurs has no weapon that could hurt him in any way, so he doesn't have to worry about anything other than hitting the ball, which he does miles better than any of us. He would barely lose a point against any of us.
I haven't seen enough of Guccioni to make the 4.5 assumption, other than that hideous tiebreak, but I don't think DY's a 4.5. He's playing like one, but I don't think he is one. He just needs to get out of his head.