Donald Young News

American teen Donald Young is in the hunt for his second junior Grand Slam title. The 17-year-old Young, the fourth seed, got closer to that goal Friday by defeating 11th-seeded Pavel Chekhov of Russia 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 to gain one U.S. Open junior boys semifinal. Young, who won the 2005 Australian Open junior title and was named the 2005 ITF Junior Boys' Champion, will end his junior Grand Slam career at this U.S. Open. ``Donald played very well ...

Donald Young was simply excited to finally win a set in a tour-level match Monday, against another up-and-comer who's a little older and already a lot more established. Young, a 17-year-old American, lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 to 20th-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the first round of the U.S. Open. That made Young 0-10 at the tour level, but he took this positive away from the match: ``I won ...