Still...my "King"

King Gene threw down the 'gauntlet' to the TennisTitan with his phone call this morning at 10AM. The sedentary Titan stopped purloining mp3's from the internet and donned his 'whites' post haste. If "KG" was foregoing his opportunity to play golf on this glorious autumn day, TT had to accept the offer of a 3 setter on the red clay of the Amackassin Club in Yonkers. Roland Garros it is not, but it is a surface that "KG" is clearly comfortable with, having recently won an open tournament among its members. As to the match itself , "KG" dominated the first and third sets, taking them at 1 & 2. Indeed, "KG" knifed through the first set with such ease that TT was afraid he would take on the new nickname, "Butter Boy!" "KG" exploited TT's limited court coverage with an array of dinks and drop shops while dominating at the net. To his credit, TT did not 'pack it in' in set 2. Tables turned...passes at the net came readily, cross court forehands began to paint the baseline and TT's strategy of hitting straight at "KG," giving him no angles on his returns, paid big dividends as TT punched out "KG" at 6-1! TT loves to quote Boris Becker, and said, "Gene, the third set is always about heart, let's go!" "KG's" retort to TT as he sped north on Palisade Ave. with the window down was, "Hey, TT the 3rd set is about ability and fitness... lay off the butter! See you Saturday."