Aesop's Fable

"Oh, what the hell, I can't watch Wimbledon all day anyway" was the first thought entering TennisTitan's mind when he hung up the phone at 9 A.M. this date. He had commited to an afternoon set with a potential new tennis adversary. It was Willie 'Turtle' Aponte who TT had met on line prior to his Texas 'Kick Ass' Tour. Willie was ready for a game and Titan, having already ingested 2 Aleves to heal last night's aches, is, afterall, your basic tennis slut! Willie is a whale of a man, if not a whale of a tennis player. And the match would be played at Andrus, a facility that TT had wanted to check out. Seldom does TT get to play a man who mirrors and magnifies the 'bombastic blowhards' own limitations. If 'Turtle' is not 6'3." 280lbs, then I'm Lleyton Hewitt! 'Turtle' made Titan look like Carl Lewis in foot speed as he dropped the set (6-1) in 22 minutes. Indeed, it could have made WINS news (...we'll give you the world) for its brevity as very few balls came back. Willie, ever gracious in defeat, reminded Titan of the lesson of The Tortoise and The Hare at the net as he lauded TT's play. Titan, knowing his true limitations, retorted to the 'Turtle,' "Willie, my favorite Aesop story is The Fox and The Crow - its message is: Do not trust flatterers!"