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Patience is a virtue few teenagers possess, and Jared Donaldson -- while already exceptional on a tennis court -- is no exception.Yeah, he said Tuesday from Chengdu, China, its nearly impossible to be patient. Might be impossible. Obviously Im not satisfied with where I am. I think I can do better, and thats the type of thinking that drives you to work as hard as you can to improve.The biggest challenge every player faces is when you have success. Youre less likely to make certain changes in your game that need to be made.Taylor Dent, who was once a 19-year-old whiz kid himself, repeats a lot of the things his father, Phil, a distinguished professional, told him growing up.Its a marathon not a sprint, said Taylor, who along with his dad coaches Donaldson. Youre not going to win every battle. When youre a kid, you want everything now. A lot of my time is spent keeping Jareds focus on the bigger picture. Its better to lose doing the right things than win doing them wrong.Lately, Donaldson has been doing a lot right.At No. 99, hes one of four teenagers ranked among the ATP World Tours top 100, joined by No. 27 Alexander Zverev, No. 42 Borna Coric and fellow American Taylor Fritz (No. 58). After the US Open, Donaldson and Fritz were the first pair of U.S. teenagers to appear in the top 100 since Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri did it in 2002.They are part of a larger, distinguished group of 19 players who are 21 and under and ranked in the top 200 that the ATP has taken to calling the #NextGen on social media.Donaldson, who will be the first of the teenagers to turn 20, on Oct. 9, grew up in Rhode Island but now calls Irvine, California, home. Hell be celebrating his birthday in Asia. Like a lot of guys his age at his level, he could be playing Challengers in the comfort and safety of the United States but, typically, hes chosen a more difficult path.Hell try to qualify his way into the main draws next week at Tokyo and then the Shanghai Rolex Masters.You can improve exponentially by playing the best competition available, Donaldson said. The best players are playing in Asia right now.The learning curve continued on Saturday in China, when Donaldson -- the top-seeded player in the qualifying draw -- lost his first match to Marinko Matosevic 7-5, 6-4.But just as a college student can often learn more outside of the classroom, Donaldson is going to school on all the small details that make a successful professional player. When does that nagging pain in your knee warrant a visit to the physio? Where do you find food in a foreign country that is safe and nutritious? How much time should be devoted to practice versus weight training? How much sleep is appropriate? Whats the best string tension for a windy day in southwest China?And so, the education of Jared Donaldson continues.Admittedly it was a tough year for Donaldson before he caught fire this summer. The 6-foot-2, 165-pound athlete played some Challengers and tried to qualify for a number of ATP-level events. He reached the main draws in Memphis and Miami but lost his first match both times. After losing in the final round of the Savannah Challenger to Bjorn Fratangelo, Donaldson lost two of three matches in Tallahassee and Bordeaux before falling in the third round of qualifying at Roland Garros.And then shoulder and knee injuries forced him to sit out for more than a month.Playing before a hometown crowd on the grass at Newport, Rhode Island, Donaldson lost his first match back in straight sets to Donald Young. It was a predictable result, coming off those injuries and considering Donaldsons best surfaces are hard courts and clay.The biggest trick, Dent said, is not to get too up after good weeks and too down after bad weeks. Good can be just as bad -- or worse.Newport was the last surface he was going to feel comfortable on. It was fine because Jared believed in what he was working on, the direction he was going.That was evident a week later when he qualified in Washington, D.C. (beating Matosevic) and his first-round win against Vincent Millot. Then Donaldson won four matches, two of them in qualifying, in Torontos Rogers Cup, including a victory over No. 33-ranked Fabio Fognini.Before the US Open, Donaldson fell to Milos Raonic, Nick Kyrgios, Stan Wawrinka and Julien Benneteau in various events, but there was incremental progress across the board.The key to Donaldsons game, he says, is taking time away from opponents by being aggressive and hitting the ball early. To do this requires quickness and strength that isnt typically found in teenagers.Earlier this year I was trying to do it but, quite honestly, wasnt very good at it. When I got injured, I got stronger and things started to click. I started moving better, getting a better base, got behind the ball quicker. I was staying in points longer and hitting good quality shots.It all came together at the US Open. After failing to land a USTA wild card, Donaldson won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw. He produced a surprising first-round upset win against No. 14 David Goffin, then took out No. 32-ranked Viktor Troicki before losing to Ivo Karlovic.Dent, who was a terrific server in his day, has been working diligently with Donaldson on his delivery. He and his father will open the Dent Tennis Academy in Keller, Texas, next month. Theyll further work on Donaldsons game and fitness.Hes 165 pounds soaking wet, Dent said. Hes giving up 20 pounds of muscle to the other men on tour. Thats a huge percentage of strength and power. It wont come super quickly, but it will come.Confidence, as Wawrinka will tell you, can be just as valuable as a gorgeous one-handed backhand or a booming serve. After losing the first set of the US Open final against No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic, Wawrinka found a way to rally and win the final three sets.Back in late August, Donaldson had a similar experience.In a second-round match at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Donaldson found himself playing Wawrinka, then a two-time Grand Slam singles champion.I wasnt nervous, Donaldson said, but concerned that my normal level wasnt going to be good enough. In the first game, I stood too far back when he was serving. I was giving him too much credit and me not enough. I played the first game really poorlyRain intervened and the players were sent to the locker room. Donaldson told his team that he just needed to play his game to keep it close.He came out swinging and won the first set before falling 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In retrospect, he took a set from one of the worlds best players -- just like Djokovic a few weeks later in New York.I gave a good account of myself, Donaldson said. It confirmed all the things Im working on and showed me I was on the right path. Boomer Esiason Womens Jersey . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. 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Even if its played, the confusion sends a message that Brazil is unprepared for the Confederations Cup -- a World Cup test even with eight teams -- and more importantly the World Cup itself, and the Olympics. FIFA, the governing body of world football, has been complaining openly for a more than a year that Brazil is not ready. FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke was in Brazil earlier this month to check on venues. Hes acknowledged the Confederations Cup will be a maze of unfinished work and admitted that "not all operational arrangements will be 100 per cent." He then warned: "This will be impossible to repeat for the FIFA World Cup." "The World Cup, we cant reduce any requirement," he added. "On any (other) competition that would be fine, except at the World Cup. The World Cup is 99 per cent of the FIFA system. The World Cup has to be perfect. The World Cup is the diamond of FIFA." Early in 2012, Valcke angered Brazil officials with a blunt assessment that made international headlines. The rift was eventually settled, but delays remain in finishing stadiums and a myriad of other infrastructure like airports, roads and hotels for the World Cup. Much of that infrastructure will not be ready for the Confederations Cup. FIFA and the local World Cup organizing committee tried to distance themselves from the problems, saying they were not responsible for organizing the Brazil vs. England match. Local organizers, however, acknowledged they are using the match to view "operational areas." In her ruling, Costa dos Santos said she was cancelling all matches in the stadium until local organizers presented the documents showinng that the venue is appropriate to host events.dddddddddddd She said the decision was made to guarantee the "safety of fans at the Maracana." Prosecutors said that the stadium must remain closed until it is shown there will no safety or health risks to the public attending events at the venue. Prosecutors said they received a police report, saying the stadium presented "safety risks" and added that "dangerous materials" were at the site. They also noted there were not adequate measures for crowd control at the 79,000-seat venue, which has been renovated several times in recent years with some estimates suggesting $1 billion has been spent. The government said the problems were due to a "bureaucratic error," and said a report showing that the stadium is safe was not delivered to the proper authorities. The six stadiums being used for the Confederations Cup are in various stages of readiness. Six others that will be used for next years World Cup are still being built, and FIFA has demanded they be ready by Dec. 31. The Maracana stadium in Rio is scheduled to host the Confederations Cup final on June 30, and will be the venue for the World Cup final next year. It is also slated to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympics. Brazil President Dilma Rousseff this week praised the six Confederations Cup venues, including Maracana. "Many people did not think we would be able to build these stadiums before the Confederations Cup at the standards required by FIFA," Rousseff said. She made reference to what she called the "old-mutt" complex, a sense that Brazil lacked confidence and would fail to meet the challenge. "But the workers who built these stadiums, the businessmen hired to do these works and all the governments involved have proved that Brazil is able to accept challenges and fulfil promptly commitments undertaken." In something of a bad omen, the day that Rousseff spoke a small part of the roof at the stadium in Salvador -- a Confederations Cup venue -- collapsed under the weight of heavy rainfall. There were no injuries. The stadium that will be used for track and field at the Olympics was also closed earlier this year because of a faulty roof. The England squad, which is hoping to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, arrived in Rio on Thursday for the match. The England squad is staying at a hotel on Rios Co