The Donald

[Harry_Wild]

Donald Young lost in the final round of the qualifiers!

Donald Young (USA) 4 6 3
Jamie Baker (GBR) 6 1 6

The Donalds current ranking is 189! Oh my! 2012 highest was 38!

[vandre]

Originally Posted by Harry_Wild

Donald Young lost in the final round of the qualifiers!

Donald Young (USA) 4 6 3
Jamie Baker (GBR) 6 1 6

The Donalds current ranking is 189! Oh my! 2012 highest was 38!

so does that mean the dy is "first princess" (next one in if there's a withdrawl)?

[Marius_Hancu]

let him stay in the Qs until he gets better coaches

[yonexRx32]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

let him stay in the Qs until he gets better coaches

Many people, including McEnroe, Gilbert, and others have suggested a change of coach. Has it occurred to anyone that there may not be any upside to Young? That this is as good as he'll ever be? I think it's a plausible scenario.

[double barrels]

Originally Posted by yonexRx32

Many people, including McEnroe, Gilbert, and others have suggested a change of coach. Has it occurred to anyone that there may not be any upside to Young? That this is as good as he'll ever be? I think it's a plausible scenario.

Young is 75-125 player right now (as far as long terming)

he can shoot higher like he is now, and can make a run on some hard courts to get back down, but without coaching change his game wont ever break that bubble

i exchanged many tweets with both pMac and Gilbert, both of them predicting Blake to win the match, and i argued that he is the better player now, mostly because of his youth, spin and shot selection. He lost to a good player in the final Q, a good start to 2013, but low on the prospect list for USA right now. His serve will be his weapon this year. pMac was not too happy seeing Young beat Blake.

[Moose Malloy]

Young qualified in San Jose, plays Russell first round(winner plays Raonic)

[vandre]

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

Young qualified in San Jose, plays Russell first round(winner plays Raonic)

nice.....man, this just underscores the vicious cycle he's trapped in! ugh!

[Rob_C]

Originally Posted by vandre

nice.....man, this just underscores the vicious cycle he's trapped in! ugh!

Russell is a very winnable match. Both guys should be happy with that draw.

[westside]

Young lost the first set to Russell, and just got broken in the first game of the scecond set.

Edit: He breaks back! What a man.

[rufus_smith]

I'm watching. wow Donald self-broke himself twice by double-faulting on break point. After the second one he threw his racquet.

(I like him but he is a head case at this point)

[Rob_C]

Things might work out for DY if he breaks here to win the set. At least he would start the 3rd off serving.

Edit: 15-40, dbl break point

[Rob_C]

Well, DY blew quite a few chances, especially in Russell's last 2 svc games. Had him 15-40 when he was down 6-5 in the 3rd, dumped a routine backhand ROS into the net, then lost the next 3 pts to lose the match, I believe.

He also had him 15-40 when DY was up 5-4, didnt convert any of those.

[t135]

Still can't beat Mike Russell. Crazy.

[MindoverMatter]

Seems like he's gonna lose to him again today. That was a fast rematch.

[tipsytennis]

Donald young can be a real mug sometimes, i tipped Russell to win this match though

[coaching32yrs]

DY does not have world class backhand. Opponents pick on it. Than DY runs around it too much, leaving forehand corner open. Also too many unforced errors on BH.

[tipsytennis]

Young reminds me a lot of Blake, like a younger Blake. I don't think we will ever see him compete in a grand slam quarter final

[Rob_C]

Another back and forth match between DY and Russell. Multiple break in the 1st set, multiple breaks so far in the 2nd.

DY lost the 1st set 6-4, is up a break for the 2nd time in the 2nd set, 3-2.

Edit: DY up 2 breaks in the 2nd, 5-2, serving for the set now.

He was in this position last week in San Jose, this time 2 breaks in hand. Let's see if he closes it out.

[Rob_C]

DY just broke again, after being up a break, to go up 5-3 in the 3rd. Serving for the match now.

If he closes it out, it'll be a big monkey off his back. I think he's lost his last 3-4 matches against Russell.

Edit: See saw continues. Back on serve 5-4 DY, 3rd set.

[Onehandedbackhand]

If Mikey ties this, match is over. Don's mental state is garbage.