A Fitting Finale

TennisTitan closed out his month long Southern Tour with an impressive display of some come-from-behind tennis against George "Engineer" Pratt at the beautiful Lake Tarpon Sail and Tennis Club on Thursday. Titan brings a distinct advantage to his contests against George 'the Engineer" who is primarily a (mixed) doubles player at his club and competes despite a damaged right shoulder which prevents full rotation into the ball. Hence it was not especially surprising that TT cruised to an easy (6-1) victory in the opening set. Much to "Engineer's" credit he persisted in set two and opened up a formidable (2-5, love-30) advantage but was unable to garner those two additional points against the "man of limited movement" and ultimately dropped the set (7-5). Indeed, George effectively took it to the 'bloated behemoth' throughout the night cap and deserved a better fate. But, as Titan has come to know, closing out matches against a superior player is no easy feat. TT has choked to just about all his readers as they well can attest. And some of them may again prove it on Saturday as the Titan opens up the Winter Outdoor Season at Kinsley Park .