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who will win french open

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Donald Young's dad must be a great coach, he now has two players on the circuit.
At 3, Donald was the ring bearer at Sheila and Gary Townsend's wedding.

By then, both Donald Sr. and Illona were also coaching, and when Sheila and her now ex-husband, Gary, had their children, daughters Simone, now 20 and playing tennis at Florida A&M, and Taylor, there was no question who would coach them.

"My whole thing," Sheila said, "was that I didn't want to pay for college, so I said to Donald, 'I want you to have them in such a position that I can almost assure them of a college scholarship.'"

When the Youngs relocated to the Atlanta area to manage a tennis facility, the Townsends followed and the families spent time together off the courts bowling and going out to dinner.

Donald Sr. left his son to be under the direction of the USTA. It was an especially unselfish move for the Youngs, who had a contentious relationship with the USTA at the time.

While Donald Jr. turned pro at 14, Townsend became the first American to hold the year-end world No. 1 junior girls' ranking since Gretchen Rush in 1982.

"I can't lie and say that was planned," Sheila Townsend said. "My vision was always to try to go for the best university you could possibly get ...

"But if anything, that's a huge testament to Donald [Sr.]. There are a lot of tennis coaches out there but very few who can say they have literally taken a kid from a small child and led them to a point where they are now playing on the highest level that there is. There are so many kids; that's a huge feat in itself. And there are so many kids whose lives he has touched [who have] gone on to great schools and become doctors and lawyers, all kinds of professionals."
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The Parmentier - Barthel match is incredible. Too many chokes from both players lol.

And we're not gonna talk about Sharapova who annihilated Ormaechea ? But she's against Stosur next round. Will be a good match if Sam doesn't choke.

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WE CLAY MASTERS NOW BREHS!


Isner first American to make 2nd week at RG since Roddikk in 2009 (only time he ever did it)

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The Don is playing GGL and Sock is playing Lajovic

3 in the 4th round is very doable :blessed:



Monfils vs Fognini is going to be the GOAT Clown vs Clown match
 
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Don and Sock both have good chances. Im excited for them. Especially Don.

fukk Isner though :camby:Im sick of his routine. How many years do you have to play tennis to learn how to break serve every once in a while? Do some footwork and agility drills, learn how to volley decently and get some decent awareness to know when to come in and put points away. Dude is out there rallying like a 5'9 Spaniard from the baseline all these matches then flames out in the quarters because he's too gassed.

Every time I see his scores in a GS, Im like :shaq2:.
 
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