Week 32 - ATP Challenger 75 - Atlantic Tire Championships - Cary, NC, USA (outdoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 32 - ATP Challenger 75 - Atlantic Tire Championships - Cary, NC, USA (outdoor hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

9vicman · Satellite level

Patten back without Cash???

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
Patten back without Cash???

Presumably easing himself back in. Julian not playing this week. Cant imagine theyve split.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q2) Billy Harris WR 314 (CH = 290 last October) vs Donald Young (USA) WR 696 (CH = 38 in February 2012 - he's now 34)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Qualifier vs (ALT) Ryan Peniston WR 266 (CH = 123 in July last year)

L32: Eliot Spizzirri (USA) UNR (CH = 620 in July last year) vs (3) Liam Broady WR 125 (CH = 116 in February last year)

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Donald young is still around? Shows how old Im getting, I remember when Young was going to be the next big thing when he was 16 I think it was.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good choice for Liam - chance to go deep and attack that CH

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Mervatron2 wrote:
Donald young is still around? Shows how old Im getting, I remember when Young was going to be the next big thing when he was 16 I think it was.

Hence my inclusion of his age, which I don't normally bother to do. I remember him as the up-&-coming, one-to-watch 16(-ish)-year-old teenager, too!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
To save SC from spelling tyre wrong.
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That's very thoughful of you, wolf. Thank you. biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q2) Billy Harris WR 314 defeated Donald Young (USA) WR 696 by 4 & 4 smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q2) Billy Harris WR 314 vs (q11) Jamiee Floyd Angele (FRA) WR 556 (CH = 463 last August)

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I remember the issue with Donald Young was that he was promoted way too early on in his career. He got a bunch of wildcards and was regularly tanked 6-0 6-0 or scores to that effect. I seem to remember his dad pushing for the wildcards and saying it would be good for him.

I know he got to around 30 in the world, but I think that was quite fleeting, and he mostly struggled to break the top 100

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I remember the issue with Donald Young was that he was promoted way too early on in his career. He got a bunch of wildcards and was regularly tanked 6-0 6-0 or scores to that effect. I seem to remember his dad pushing for the wildcards and saying it would be good for him.

I know he got to around 30 in the world, but I think that was quite fleeting, and he mostly struggled to break the top 100

Yes, he had a very pushy dad (and very pushy mum) - both tennis coaches, both gave up everything to be full-time behind their son, and were very vocal that he was going to be a star. When he won Les Petits As, he'd already got an agent, and a contract with Nike. He then won the U16 Orange Bowl and he says himself, everyone was saying that he'd win a Grand Slam next year. In short, he was going to be the new huge big thing in US tennis (and was black, which was not irrelevant to all the hype).

But he was so slim and light when he went pro, with a game that had a lot of spin and craft, that he was always going to be eaten alive. And he was. And, yes, he says his confidence was zero, he gave up trying, there was huge pressure, the USTA were always on his back trying to get him to change coaches....it's pretty sad in a way

Nix · Futures level

That's interesting CD. That's why I'm always delighted to see encouraging parents and coaches that aren't too invested in their children's success. Like Henry Searle's mother who said when asked about Henry's achievements that she was proud of both of her children! Pushing people too hard can as often lead to burn out as much as great success.