The Donald

[jaggy]

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).

[Tammo]

So, he lost...what's wrong?

[jaggy]

Nothing is wrong, you make a great point, sorry to add to any discussion on this forum.

[FedererBestTennis]

Originally Posted by jaggy

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).

Oh Donald...I think Nike is going to drop him VERY soon.

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by jaggy

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???

[jakemcclain32]

Originally Posted by Mainad

Alex Bogdanovic WON a match?? What's got into HIM???

Donald Young faced him, that's why. He'll lose in the second round, probably.

And that kid's case really saddens me. He is an example of a stark refusal to let go of the kid, and let him fly. He needs real instructors, real discipline, and a real work ethic.

His results in tournaments, and in wild cards no less, shows he has none of the three.

[batz]

Does this mean Bogdanovic is now British number 1?

[Dgpsx7]

Did Donald Young ever get a real couch or are mommy and daddy still..

[kiteboard]

Another example of a careless punk who does not show up on time, work hard, treat the game with respect, respect others or himself.

[atatu]

Originally Posted by kiteboard

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/2010/0...to-sports.html

[RedWeb]

Originally Posted by atatu

The similarities between DY and Demetrius Walker are scary:

http://www.ballinisahabit.net/2010/0...to-sports.html

The book "Play Their Hearts Out" is a tremendous read for anyone interested in sports.

[Cormorant]

I'd say Bogdanovic's best tennis surpasses Young's, going on the matches they've played against top 100 pros so far.

[jakemcclain32]

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

[jakemcclain32]

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.

[atatu]

Originally Posted by jakemcclain32

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.

Yeah, not so much, you don't know what you're talking about on this one. You might get one game over two sets.

[jakemcclain32]

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.

[Bilbo]

Originally Posted by jakemcclain32

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.

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.

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by batz

Does this mean Bogdanovic is now British number 1?

Put it this way,he's the only British player with a positive H2H v Donald Young!

[jakemcclain32]

I don't think people are understanding my point I'm making.

There's not a chance in hell ANY of us are going to beat him. He IS top 200 in the world. His serve is upwards of 125+. He's a physical specimen.

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?

[fps]

Originally Posted by jakemcclain32

What's keeping him from making mistakes against a lesser player?

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.