The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

"But I thought the Oak Ridge Boys were from Tennessee" was the comment TennisTitan heard from the excited on-lookers as he exited the courts having just completed a three setter on his first day in Austin to kick off his Texas "Kick Ass" Tour. Titan drummed up a game against the unsuspecting Brian 'Rolling Stone' Gibson at his son's apartment complex court. 'Rolling Stone' is originally from Larchmont NY, via stops on the California Tour in Los Angeles and San Franciso, where he had his right knee (ACL) surgically repaired. TT and 'Rolling Stone' went head-to-head in a 2 hour fifteen minute marathon played in 96 degree heat in humid conditions. Titan and 'Rolling Stone' split the first two sets (6-1, 1-6) - the good, the bad. But that last set was truly ugly. Children playing in the nearby pool were heard to exclaim to their sun-bathing mothers, "Why are these two old men running so slowly while sweating so much when neither can hit the ball back to the other, mommy?" TennisTitan, having given away an early break was down 2-4 when he suddenly realized, "This S.O.B. is as tired as I am, maybe more so!" Titan ran the table to take the set (6-4). As the weary visitor retreated to his air conditioned car Titan remarked, "ACL, huh, Rolling Stone? In New York that stands for A Close Loss and that's what you got!