Belt Tightening Tip

Your Titan knew it when he stepped on the scale first thing this morning at 6 A.M. Those extra five pounds from Easter dinner would have an effect. That unnecessay 2nd helping of cheesecake or was it the third plate of stuffed shells and chicken marsala. Whatever! TennisTitan managed to squeak out a second set victory (8-6) with Tony 'No Baloney' Guido against Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz and Ed 'Lean,Lanky Lefty' Gor at the YTC dragging his sorry-ass around the court. This should have been the "gimme" set after Titan/'GK' more easily handled 'LLL' in the first set (6-2) when he had paired with 'No Baloney.' But Triple L would have none of it. He gave 'GK' fine support in a spirited effort to snatch victory away from 'NB'/TT. 'GK'/'LLL' raised their game in set two from what they had displayed in the opener with different partners. The turning point came in the 11th game when TT/'NB' came back on 'GK's serve at love - forty to win a multi deuce game that would have given them the set considering that they were able to break Titan's serve in the 12th game to lead it to "a let's play in out" decision. Titan had pop on his serve this date which enabled him to score several aces/service winners with speed and with guile. 'NB,' leaving for a ten day trip to Italy later this week, zinged TT with his parting quip, "Titan, tighten your belt when you go out to dinner. This way you will not be prone to overeat! It's bad enough that you over talk with that mouth of yours"! "Ouch," TT whimpered as he put down the post game chocolate Easter egg to pick up his camera.