Donald Young Wins
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sandiegotennisboy
Banned
at least they didnt hand him another wildcard so he can get his bum kicked the 1st round. good luck to him.
FuZz_Da_AcE
Rookie
im a bit short on info here...who is donald young?
Phil
Hall of Fame
FuZz_Da_AcE said:
Ask bones...he posts on this no-name over hyped 16-year old (who hasn't won an actual pro match) all the time, as if the kid were the second coming (which he obviously isn't)...seems like bones is paid by the Young family. But don't get him too angry...he's liable to kill you! He's a killer, that bones...
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
april fools ?!... :mrgreen:
ah no... exhibition match
emm... i'm bad...
good luck to donald !
ah no... exhibition match
emm... i'm bad...
good luck to donald !
GrassCourtFan
Legend
killer said:
Doubt it would be an ATP win - I don't think there are any ATP tournaments going on right now, so it would have to be either a futures or a challenger.
Could someone tell me at what tournament this happened?
vive le beau jeu !
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DashaandSafin
Hall of Fame
Horray....
Whats his record now...1-7?
Wow Phil, you are still here? Ive taken a longg break. I guest most members with high post counts don't post in this section anymore...
I miss our rants...and Datacipher too..
Whats his record now...1-7?
Wow Phil, you are still here? Ive taken a longg break. I guest most members with high post counts don't post in this section anymore...
I miss our rants...and Datacipher too..
too bad hes still won 0 atp matches. that kid is good, i saw him when he got the wildcard at the us open. but come on, hes 16, thats pushing it. You can see by looking at him, his body is gonna get stronger, perhaps taller, in teh years to come. I think whoever is pushing him to play ATP is being a bit over anxious. maybe play some futures or something, if hes getting bored with normal juniors. besides he should still work on jrs., from what i understand, hes not the "federer" of the juniors by anymeans. but i donno, hes very good for his age, if not amazing, but is just getting his confidence unnecessarily shattereed. well good for him he a beat a guy, but too bad its just an exhibition
), but had an injury at the end of last year and isn't the same player he was imo. This win, in an exhibition nonetheless, is no indicator for Donald Young's future!http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/ten/3769140.html
Armando must feel like crap right now.. he's actually a decent player on the clay, won a few tour level matches in the South American swing. Still Donald shouldn't think of this as his 1st ATP win.. the mentality in an exhibition compared to a real tour match is different.
Armando must feel like crap right now.. he's actually a decent player on the clay, won a few tour level matches in the South American swing. Still Donald shouldn't think of this as his 1st ATP win.. the mentality in an exhibition compared to a real tour match is different.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
It didn't matter where it happened, how it happened or against whom it happened, but Donald Young Jr. needed a win. And at River Oaks on Monday night, he got one.
The man Young beat, Hugo Armando, will tell you that he gave the match away. Armando spent most of the evening muttering under his breath or braying at the tennis gods, saying at one point, "I can't believe I'm playing like this."
Young's game was scattered as well. But in the end, he shrugged off a maddening series of missed opportunities and finally put Armando out of his misery 7-6 (5), 6-3, advancing to a second-round encounter with another veteran American hoofer, Vince Spadea.
"I consider this my first ATP win, because it pays like an ATP tournament," Young, 16, said with a smile, contemplating no worse than a $7,000 payday.
To date, he's officially 0-9 in ATP tournaments.
River Oaks is an independent event.
When Young won the 2005 Australian Open, he was 15 and suddenly the youngest champion of a junior Grand Slam. It turned him into a hot commodity in the U.S. He would play in five American ATP events before the first of May, including the U.S. Clay Courts at Westside Tennis Club.
Later, he received a free pass into the draw at Indianapolis, then earned a berth in the U.S. Open by taking the boys 18s nationals.
He would finish the year at the top of the junior rankings, but success remains elusive at the major-league level. He has yet to even win a set in an ATP match. Only in the lower-rung Futures events has he been able to hold his own, reaching a semifinal and two quarterfinals.
He made it to the quarters in Brownsville and Harlingen in late February and early March, but those results didn't help him for the Master Series stops in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami. Tim Henman beat him 6-1, 6-3 at the former. At the latter, he bottomed out completely, losing to 78th-ranked Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-0, 6-0.
Young arrived at River Oaks having lost 19 of his previous 20 games. And Armando, ranked 179th, wasn't necessarily a safe draw despite his travails of late at the Challenger level. The 27-year-old Floridian knows his way around a clay court well enough to have reached the rained-out 2004 River Oaks final.
"I hit my shots and put him in places he didn't want to be in," Young said. "And I tried not to get too upset (at his own mistakes)."
Serving for the first set at 40-15, Young misfired twice and wound up letting Armando force the tiebreaker. There, he let another set point slip away with an error but finally claimed the set on a running backhand pass. In the second set, Young almost let a 4-1 lead escape, but Armando's errors gave him a sufficient cushion to survive.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/ten/3769140.html
The man Young beat, Hugo Armando, will tell you that he gave the match away. Armando spent most of the evening muttering under his breath or braying at the tennis gods, saying at one point, "I can't believe I'm playing like this."
Young's game was scattered as well. But in the end, he shrugged off a maddening series of missed opportunities and finally put Armando out of his misery 7-6 (5), 6-3, advancing to a second-round encounter with another veteran American hoofer, Vince Spadea.
"I consider this my first ATP win, because it pays like an ATP tournament," Young, 16, said with a smile, contemplating no worse than a $7,000 payday.
To date, he's officially 0-9 in ATP tournaments.
River Oaks is an independent event.
When Young won the 2005 Australian Open, he was 15 and suddenly the youngest champion of a junior Grand Slam. It turned him into a hot commodity in the U.S. He would play in five American ATP events before the first of May, including the U.S. Clay Courts at Westside Tennis Club.
Later, he received a free pass into the draw at Indianapolis, then earned a berth in the U.S. Open by taking the boys 18s nationals.
He would finish the year at the top of the junior rankings, but success remains elusive at the major-league level. He has yet to even win a set in an ATP match. Only in the lower-rung Futures events has he been able to hold his own, reaching a semifinal and two quarterfinals.
He made it to the quarters in Brownsville and Harlingen in late February and early March, but those results didn't help him for the Master Series stops in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami. Tim Henman beat him 6-1, 6-3 at the former. At the latter, he bottomed out completely, losing to 78th-ranked Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-0, 6-0.
Young arrived at River Oaks having lost 19 of his previous 20 games. And Armando, ranked 179th, wasn't necessarily a safe draw despite his travails of late at the Challenger level. The 27-year-old Floridian knows his way around a clay court well enough to have reached the rained-out 2004 River Oaks final.
"I hit my shots and put him in places he didn't want to be in," Young said. "And I tried not to get too upset (at his own mistakes)."
Serving for the first set at 40-15, Young misfired twice and wound up letting Armando force the tiebreaker. There, he let another set point slip away with an error but finally claimed the set on a running backhand pass. In the second set, Young almost let a 4-1 lead escape, but Armando's errors gave him a sufficient cushion to survive.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/ten/3769140.html
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
7,000 payday, i am sure any of us here would take that:mrgreen: ,
GRANITECHIEF
Hall of Fame
Alright, Lets hear how many games (what score) you think Donald Duck Young will get against Spadea.
Here is mine: Spadea d. Young: (6-2, 6-1).
Also, the Scoville (i love that name) Jenkins is to play Phillipousis. Very interesting.
Here is mine: Phillipousis d. Jenkins: 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3.
Here is mine: Spadea d. Young: (6-2, 6-1).
Also, the Scoville (i love that name) Jenkins is to play Phillipousis. Very interesting.
Here is mine: Phillipousis d. Jenkins: 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3.
arosen
Hall of Fame
"I consider this my first ATP win, because it pays like an ATP tournament," Young, 16, said with a smile, contemplating no worse than a $7,000 payday.
Boo-hoo, Donnie, a win over another nobody at some exibition money-maker. How does it feel to be schooled by Vince? Like you are back in your losing element?
Does he live in some alternate reality or something? He really thinks he is some hot shot, but he is losing all the time, so WTF?
Boo-hoo, Donnie, a win over another nobody at some exibition money-maker. How does it feel to be schooled by Vince? Like you are back in your losing element?
Does he live in some alternate reality or something? He really thinks he is some hot shot, but he is losing all the time, so WTF?
equinox
Hall of Fame
I'm 100% sure Hugo was offered a little extra money by the promoters to take a dive against young.
I suppose one can't expect any better from a non-sanctioned exhibition event.
No matter what young boasts. This still doesn't count as an atp win.
I hope spadea has enough integrity to throw the money back into these scumbags faces and spank this youngster.
I mean these actions belong in the 70's tirac and ike.
I suppose one can't expect any better from a non-sanctioned exhibition event.
No matter what young boasts. This still doesn't count as an atp win.
I hope spadea has enough integrity to throw the money back into these scumbags faces and spank this youngster.
I mean these actions belong in the 70's tirac and ike.
PeterSampras
Rookie
*Yawn* In pro tennis, anyone can beat anyone on any given say. Hugo was having a bad day. Big freakin' deal.
Who is Donald Young? Hmmm, well let's see, he's a Black kid who wears blue contacts. He has a psycho father ala Richard Williams who claims his son is the second coming of Pete Sampras.
Does this kid have any hope? Sure, the same way Paul Goldstein has hope.
Who is Donald Young? Hmmm, well let's see, he's a Black kid who wears blue contacts. He has a psycho father ala Richard Williams who claims his son is the second coming of Pete Sampras.
Does this kid have any hope? Sure, the same way Paul Goldstein has hope.
tennisadict
Semi-Pro
haaaaaaaaaa true. he just wasting his timePeterSampras said:
ty slothrop
Semi-Pro
Phil said:Worried about moi? Why, Jings...I'm touched!Some people might comment that I'm like a bad rash...hard to get rid of...
Phil, you'r ethe proverbial bad rash - the more you scratch it, the worse it gets ; )
