First the 'flogging,' then the blogging

TT hooked up with his occasional doubles partner and long time singles adversary, Frank 'Slats' Slattery, for a spirited afternoon of one-on-one tennis Thursday afternoon. Your Titan was prevented from publishing the details of 'this massacre at Kinsley' only because of the 'crashing' of his blogger site, not due to any lack of enthusiam about the results! And as the late Bob Murphy would say, "now for the happy recap." Titan made 'Slats' look the venitian blind part that he is so aptly named for (...easily broken). TT used his racquet like a wand, tilting 'Slats' forward before cagily lobbing over his head, or fluttering the ball deep into the backhand corner then pile driving the weak return into the open court. For good measure Titan occasionally applied the handcuffs when Slats would come to net. Expecting the lob or the passing shot - TT had it all working today - Titan drove that spherical missile straight into Slats' left hip. Ah, the look in his eyes, so precious to behold. After taking set 1 (6-3), Titan raced off to a 5 - love lead in the night cap only to see Slats salvage his pride by staving off 2 set points that prevented the bagel (6-2). When TT querried Slats as he left the court about how his daughter Julie, an accomplished collegiate player, might advise her father, Slats opined, "Titan, are you crazy, I ain't telling her about this, she's seen you play, she'll disown me."

TT was not able to bask in his success very long as he was invited to fill in as a doubles player on the adjacent court. Titan, subbing for Gil 'Manila Mauler' Bugayong, paired with Bill 'Electrolux' Ching against Ed 'Lensman' Whitman and John 'The Neck' Manzi in another one sided affair. 'Lensman' and 'Neck' dominated both on their service and return games. 'Electrolux,' usually very deft at net, had the hands of a brick layer. Titan provided inadeqate support from the baseline and had no answers in this (1-6) debacle. But, you know, that is what I love about tennis! (pictures below)