Blow Up = Blow Out

TennisTitan and all his readers have been there. CC Flash and Titan were on serve at 2-3 in the first set when TT lost it. He quickly dropped the next three games and was facing near elimination at love-30, down 2-5 when the roof caved in, or was that the wind kicked up. In any case Gentlemen Jim suddenly "blew up." First his serve, then his ground strokes, then his composure as he proceeded to drop the last five games to TT and give the Titan a surprising (7-5) victory. Flash could not get it together in the second set either and was embarrassed by Titan who served him a late morning bagel (6-0). Yup, that is a rarity between these two evenly matched opponents. Titan is stunned that he managed to win eleven games in a row against a player who all too often disheartens TT with his incredible ability to get to the ball. But Jim, you got to hit it straight! That racquet you threw over the fence today was your most accurate serve of the day. Those three balls you creamed against the back fence to dissipate your anger have left permanent green stripes on the balls. I hope there is another match between up before the end of my Southern Tour.