Donald Young Makes an Apology for His Offense Against USTA

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Published: April 26, 2011

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In a situation begging for a much needed response, last night Donald Young gave up the ghost and apologized for his twitter outburst against the United States Tennis Association this past Friday, after a bleak Easter weekend of silence and a newly deleted twitter account. The apology took place shortly after Patrick McEnroe expressed his anger over the situation via conference call.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Young took time to personally apologize to two members of the USTA team, coaches David Nainkin and Jay Berger, who have worked closely with Young and said his apology was sincere. Young has not yet issued an official apology. On Friday, he apologized via Twitter for his offensive language but not the sentiment, saying, "That tweet was out of character. ive never been like that before. but im tired of it. sry about the language, but not the thought behind it."

Though very upset, Patrick McEnroe, the USTA General Manager for Player Development said, "I think Donald should apologize for what he said. At that point, we can all move on... It's not even my good graces. This isn't personal. This is about apologizing, number one, okay?"

According to Berger, McEnroe also received an apology. Will all be mended and forgotten?

"I'm not going to say we're going to withdraw support. But I'm going to say a lot of things are going to have to happen for us to reconsider." McEnroe commented, "There's no doubt in my mind that he can get a lot better and become a Top 50, Top 30, maybe even a Top 20 player. But you can't go halfway. You need to be all in. He's not totally all in. If he doesn't want to be with us, if he wants to keep his parents as his coaches, go in with someone else, we wish him all the luck in the world and we'll try to help him."

On Monday afternoon's conference call regarding the upcoming wildcard play-offs, McEnroe took time to point out the pri...
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