DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Jared Donaldson is creeping up to the front of America's rising-star pack. The 20-year-old just cracked the Top 100 for the first time, reaching a high of No. 95 earlier this month. On Tuesday, he outlasted Mikhail Kukushkin in Delray Beach to set up a second-round clash with his doubles partner, Sam Querrey.

The California resident's off-court passions are in sync with his age: coffee and gaming. If you watched the ATP video "At Home with Jared Donaldson," you'd know all this. But gaming isn't something he does on the road, though not for lack of effort.

"I don't have a laptop gaming computer," Donaldson told Baseline. "Once I bought my gaming [PC] computer and started playing on that. It was like a different level. It was like playing with a junior SpongeBob Wilson racquet, and then playing with a pro racquet that's full length. I went on one trip, and I played one game of League of Legends on my Mac and I said, 'I just can't play on my Mac.'

"That was it for traveling."

It may be for the best, as Donaldson has his hands full on the tour, working with two famous faces as coaches: Jan-Michael Gambill and Mardy Fish.

"Both guys are awesome," Donaldson said. "I think they really add a lot to my game, and they're really a fresh set of eyes to get a new perspective on my tennis."

As he keeps trekking through the ranks, let's play a game of "Would You Rather?" with the outgoing young star.

Would you rather be No. 1 and never win a major or win a major and never be No. 1?

I want both. A little bit later in my career, I'll answer "Would You Rather?"

Would you rather reach your career-high ranking this year or win an ATP title?

I'll say career-high ranking. Well, my career-high ranking isn't that amazing, so I guess I'll say win an ATP tournament. But I don't know—Does that mean I can still get a career-high ranking? I can do both, I want both. I know the game's not really supposed to work like that, so I'll say career-high ranking. I want to finish the year with a carer-high ranking.

Would you rather beat Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal?

I don't know. I feel like it would be disrespectful to the other. To say Roger, then I'm disrespecting Rafa. If he ever hears that I said this, he's going to mean-mug me in the locker room. I'd say I'd rather beat Roger, I guess. I'm sorry, Rafa.

If I heard that and they said they'd rather beat someone else besides me, I'd say, well, [I'm] never practicing with him again.

Would you rather have the aisle or window seat on a long flight (assuming you're not in first class)?

Window.

Would you rather have more followers on Twitter or Instagram?

Since I don't even know my Twitter password, I'll say Instagram. @JaredD is just sitting around. There's not a lot going on with @JaredD.

Would you rather meet your childhood hero or be someone's childhood hero?

I'm lucky enough that I've met my childhood hero. I know that's not the game. I met my childhood hero, Federer. I was able to practice with him for a month in Dubai [in 2014], so that was unbelievable. I guess I'd say I'd rather want to be someone's childhood hero. That would be pretty cool and pretty inspirational. I've been looking up to people that have inspired me, so it would be pretty cool to inspire somebody else.