Pyrotechnics

"Titan, you may be suspected of arson," was Tony 'No Baloney' Guido's comment after he and TennisTitan captured the rubber of the three set match this morning against 'Rockin' Rick Ricci and Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz. Indeed, dear readers, your Titan was on fire from the first toss. TT was juiced the moment he realized that 'Gimpy Knees' was more deserving of his new sobriquet, The Sulking of Swat. No Babe Ruth was he, Joe's desire to defeat the Titan was absolutely palpable. He avoided talking to TT in the parking lot, chose to walk to the courts alone, and made sure that he got the pairing he wanted by joining 'RRR's side immediately for the warm up. Titan was more than up to the task today. With 'No Baloney' getting off to a slow start due to a prolonged racquet layoff the tandem of TT/'NB' rode the 'bombastic blowhard's back in a memorable comeback from 1-4 down in the opener to a spectacular (7-5) victory as TT served it out at love. To their credit 'Sulking of Swat'/'RRR' wrested control of set 2 by breaking 'NB's' underhand service twice due to Tony's problems with the sun to prevail (3-6). Breaking 'Sulking Joe' in the opening game of set 3, your Titan practically hurdled the net to get to the "sun-side" and consolidate early. Titan completed his run of 7/7 service holds in game 6 as a fitting prelude to breaking 'Sulking Joe' one last time to close it out (6-1). With 'Gimpy Knees' refusing post match pictures, sitting slumped shouldered on the courtside bench, 'RRR' opined, "Titan, I think you and Tony got your games confused today. I mean it was you, not Tony, who couldn't miss..." To wit the venerable sage 'No Baloney' replied, "Ricky-boy, it was I who lit the Titan's Fuse! TT had plenty of pop on the serve, he lasered the doubles alley early and lobbed effectively. You and Joe were just collateral damage!"