Donald Young is a Big Chump

Yesterday, Donald Young lashed out against the USTA because they didn't give him a wild card into the French Open.

Young is best known for being an incredible teenage player but has really sucked it since joining the ATP. Unlike his buddy Sam Querrey, Young has never really pieced together any sort of clue as to how to win on the big stage but has been lucky enough to get into most big tournaments on the fact that the USTA wants him to succeed. And what does he do? He throws it in their face and whines about not getting into Roland Garros. Here's an idea Donald, how about you stop being such an underachiever and crack the top 70 for the first time in your career. If you win some matches against the big boys, then you can make a trip and lose in the first round of all the grand slams you could ever imagine.

Lessons Learned in Monte-Carlo

The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Tournament is history, which means we have officially entered the clay court season and there's no turning back (except for American players who will skip most of the tournaments, opting to prepare for the French Open by playing on hard courts, therefore ensuring a very quick but painful exit at Roland Garros) With that being said, let's jump into what we learned this last week.

Andy Murray Isn't Dead
It looked bleak for Andy coming into the clay season and I declared him dead on last week's Culture Clash podcast. Well, he obviously was listening to my naysayer sentiments, because he perked up and put on an impressive showing in Monaco. Sure he didn't beat anyone of substance, but he can take pride knowing that he was the only player to take a set off Rafa. Not sure what's gotten into the lad, maybe he's tired of losing, maybe his energy is back because he's excited for the royal wedding or maybe it just shows us that Andy Murray is a complete enigma. Expectations form, Andy Murray has momentum and he'll flame out like there's no tomorrow. But when there are no expectations and the fans/tennis media have left him for dead, look out tennis world.