Golden Hands or Golden Retriever

TennisTitan got the opportunity to play with and against Lou Avitabile this morning at the YTC. Lou is the elder statesman of the group that TT has been playing with these past two months. Lou is in his eighties and has been having shoulder difficulties recently, necessitating a hiatus from the courts. Titan welcomed him back in fine fashion. Lou 'Golden Hands' Avitabile paired with TT for the opener and contributed substantially at net in the first set (6-2) thrashing of Yossi 'on Israeli time' and Jeff 'Limo Man' Berkon. 'TT/'Golden Hands' started slowly dropping the first 2 games before running the table. 'GH' truly showed his mettle in the second set when he paired with Yossi and gave TT/'Limo Man' a run for their money. Both men, giving away 15-24 years to their adversaries hung very tough, chasing down many balls that Titan 'takes a vacation day on,' and converted miscues hit by 'Limo Man' and TT with alarming regularity. Inceditably they opened a 2-4 lead before the Titanic onslaught. The (7-5) victory was entertining, inspiring and satisfying. TT admired his opponents tenacity and alacrity on the court. TT will not comment on their visual acuity, however. Suffice it to say that was the satisfying part. Time ran out in the third set with Titan/Yossi up (3-1 partial) against 'Limo Man/'Golden Hands' who was "Retrieving" like gold. That's the inspiring part for the Titan. Let's hope that this report on the match is the entertaining part for you my dear readers!