Donald Young's shoes stolen at U.S. Open

NEW YORK – For just the second time in his career, American Donald Young is into the fourth round of the U.S. Open. His reward? Stolen shoes.

The 26-year-old Atlanta native who wowed a packed Grandstand on Saturday with a two-sets-to-love comeback against No. 22 seed Viktor Troicki arrived at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Sunday to find his shoes had been taken out of  his locker.

“So how about I get to the site today, go into my locker and all my shoes are gone!!!” The world No. 68 tweeted. “Way to start the day huh. Guess [I] need some new ones…”

Monday he is set to meet No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka for the chance to make the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career. Young is 1-1 against the Swiss man, that lone victory coming at the U.S. Open in 2011 in the second round, a 7-6 fifth-set squeaker.

Young seemed to be taking it light-heartedly: “But luckily the fight isn’t in the shoes,” he tweeted thereafter.

Later Sunday afternoon Young got one of the two pairs back that were misplaced, though it's not clear why they ever were taken out of his locker.

"I showed up this morning and my locker was absolutely clean," Young told Paste BN Sports on Sunday. "Shoes gone, maybe a couple of shirts. I was like, 'What happened?' So I talked to the [locker room attendants] and they said it must have been the night crew. But magically, one pair showed up. It was two pairs that got taken, I got one back."

Young joined John Isner in the fourth round after their wins Saturday, marking the first time since 2012 that two American men are into the second week of a Grand Slam. That year it was Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish.

Contributing: Ava Wallace