Outplayed

TennisTitan met with considerably less success in the second half of his Saturday tennis schedule. He had his 'ears pinned back' by Mitch 'Ad Man' Leiser and Ralph 'Scooter' Hernandez at Edgemeont HS. It was TT's first encounter with either of these two doubles specialists. Titan paired with 'Rockin Rick' Ricci in the three set affair that was dominated by 'Scooter's agility and movement at net and along the baseline. 'Frenchy' did his part in the sweep of the sets (3,3,2) by being rock solid at net and effective on serve. 'Rockin' Rick' was uncharacteristically weak with his net play and troubled by his vision, missing several balls completely. Your Titan has no such excuse for his inability to produce a better result. TennisTitan did not have the necessary control on his return game, or was he able to back up any 'pop' on his serve. Moreover, TT was a non-factor at net, ceding too many short lobs to the peripatetic 'Scooter' and to the soft hands of 'Ad Man.' As the disheartened Titan headed to the parking lot, 'Ad Man,' this group's tennis organizer quipped, "Titan, I'm going to put your number on my speed dial. You have the ability to make me feel young again!" The Scooter imparted his final ace of the day against TT with his retort, "Mitch, don't you know the words 'speed' and Titan should never appear in the same sentence." "Ouch," yipped Titan as he keyed the ignition.