Donald Young volley against Davydenko?
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tennispro11
Hall of Fame
Yeah, and it was sweet! Even Davydenko looked really surprised. Young showed some impressive hands in that match.
Tennisace1
Rookie
yeah that drop shot volley, holy cow! hes got hands. jmac said long time ago, that hes got hands like him.
saram
Legend
I belive Young hit a forehand crosscourt to Davy. Davy replied with a really impressive crosscourt reply to Young's. Then, DY came blazing in and caught a half-volley just off his shoe laces while running nearly full speed. The ball just cleared the net and stopped on a dime. Truly an amazing shot.
POGforEver
Rookie
I was at the match....everyone was pretty surprised that Young came to net, but he has come great hands up there. He should be following that huge serve of his in more to finish off some points at net.
DY has a huge serve? What was his fastest serve clocked at?
saram
Legend
not sure about fastest. only one clip of him on youtube and that was not a good clip. but he was serving at 130+ alll night against Davy....just had control issues at times.
TENNIS_IS_FUN
Professional
anybody have the youtube link?
saram
Legend
there is no link. there are only two vids on youtube with DY in them...kinda odd.
130mph? are you sure? Sounds like Sam Querrey's serves.....
Slazenger
Professional
Donald hit a blazing groundstroke, saw Davydenko was going to be stretched a bit and came in; Davy hits a big dipping reply to the duece court of Donald and Donald hits this almost half-volley inside-out backhand drop volley. (Donald is a lefty)
The ball had so much side spin (and backspin) it bounced once inside the service box and the next bounce was outside the doubles alley.
It was really a tough shot to pull off, and it looked like that was exactly what he wanted to do. He tried to hit this exact shot later in the match, this time off his forehand side, but missed wide.
The ball had so much side spin (and backspin) it bounced once inside the service box and the next bounce was outside the doubles alley.
It was really a tough shot to pull off, and it looked like that was exactly what he wanted to do. He tried to hit this exact shot later in the match, this time off his forehand side, but missed wide.
Slazenger
Professional
Yeah he got it up to the 130s.
edberg505
Legend
Hahaha, yeah and I have one of them. It's kinda weird. I had some guy reference my video of Donald Young in his article. I think it was from the NY Times.
Here's the shot: http://www.sendspace.com/file/uo6jz4
I hope that works.
I hope that works.
RoddickistheMan
Professional
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RacquetGoesBoom
New User
yeah....i just saw the clip...davy might as well packed his bags and left right there...truly an awesome shot! almost federer-like....maybe....give it a few years... 
I used the latest DivX codec.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Yeah, after seeing Young hit that volley, I finally understood why John McEnroe himself called Young "the next John McEnroe" when Young was like 12 years old. Up until then, I never understood why Johnny Mac made that claim.
officerdibble
Semi-Pro
I've tried taking my shorts earlier, sometimes before my shirt AND socks, but to be honest it hasn't helped
Seriously, I agree with you, it does look like he can bring something to the game. I also agree (on the basis of that one clip) that he looked a little too passive at the back of the court. That said, Andy Murray can look quite ordinary a lot of the time, and yet (when fit) seems to just deconstruct a lot of players.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
I like Young's game because he's the rare breed these days of modern baseline bashing that is not afraid to come to the net to end the point. He does need to learn to hit the first volley behind his opponent once in a while to mix it up instead of always hitting it into the open court. Davydenko figured this out as the match went on and started running to the open court even before Young hit the volley and passed him quite a few times. But you gotta love his all-court game. :grin:
Dilettante
Hall of Fame
Yes, but if he starts winning matches in a good fashion the hype could come back. Just hope he's ready for the hype this time.
psamp14
Hall of Fame
Absolutely agree with you there BP...
I really want to see Donald Young's game evolve because he's crafty and is finally getting some real experience.
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
same for me...... but it sounds like a great volley !
