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Donald Young (USA)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Raluca Olaru (ROM)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Tim Neilly (USA)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Shayna McDowell (AUS)
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 27 Jun 2005
28 Jun 2005 - All England Club, Wimbledon - Eleanor Preston
Young Makes Mark At Wimbledon
American prodigy Donald Young made his 2005 Wimbledon debut on Monday, scoring a 61 75 win over Briton Chris Eaton on a packed Court 16, where crowds thronged to see the reigning Australian Open junior champion and Wimbledon’s second seed take on the home town favourite.

“He was British so they were cheering for him but that’s okay,” said Young. “I really like playing in front of crowds so I enjoyed it. I always watched Wimbledon on TV when I was younger and I remember seeing Pete Sampras beat Patrick Rafter to win his 13th grand slam title. That was special. Last year when I came to Wimbledon I got to sneak a look at Centre Court and it was amazing. Hopefully I’ll get to play on there one day.”

Young had to battled from 2-4 down in the second set after Eaton, perhaps inspired by the attention he was getting, upped his game in an attempt to push 15-year-old Young to a third set.

“He definitely changed his game in the second set,” said Young. “He was serving better and he started chipping it a lot more. I think it will take some time for me to get used to the grass again and feel comfortable but it’s okay for now.”

Young’s own serve stood up well despite the fact that the teenager admits that he needs to grow physically before it will become a weapon for him.

“In a way grass can really help my serve because it makes it harder and it allows the ball to skid through and makes it harder to return,” said Young.

Young now takes on Tristan Farron-Mahon of Ireland in the second round and admits that he is anxious to make it a brace of junior grand slam titles this year by adding Wimbledon to the Australian Open title he won in Melbourne in January.

The withdrawal of top seed Andy Murray before the tournament may well have helped Young’s chances and the defeats on Monday of Sergei Bubka, Carsten Ball and Andreas Haider-Maurer would also boosted the American’s confidence.

Seeds Timothy Neilly (who beat Young in the Orange Bowl final last December) and Sun-Yong Kim both moved through to the second round with few problems. Neilly beat Kei Nishikori of Japan 62 16 64, though eleventh seeded Brazilian Andre Miele joined the list of seeded casualties with a 46 62 64 defeat at the hands of American Kellen Damico.

In the girls’ draw, American Vania King wasted no time in beating Great Britain’s Julia Bone 61 62 while ninth seed Yung-Jan Chan had to come from a set down before in easing past another Briton, Sabine Lisicki 46 62 60. Roland Garros girls’ runner-up Raluca Olaru also had to show her fighting qualities. Olaru came from behind to beat Polish qualifier Ueszula Radwanska 36 63 64.

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