Back in the Saddle

"Titan, can you play tomorrow morning?" That was the question posed by 'Packer Backer' Grant Craig soon after TT had soothed his aching legs from the earlier morning match. 'PB' was itching to get back on the BCK courts and had already lined up Coach 'Show Me' Klein and Ed 'Slow Eddie' Lubejko for a Tuesday morning confrontation. Your Titan brought his 'A' game today. First pairing with Walt 'Show Me' Klein TennisTitan delivered the goods in set one (6-1). Titan served big and returned well throughout the entire morning. He had some pop on his flatline serve and nice angles on returns that had zip. Especially pleasing to TT was his ability to sustain his levels through sets two and three. TT/'Slow Eddie' had enough moxey in the second set (6-4) to withstand a late set rally by the Coach and 'Packer Backer.' However the most startling outcome was in the final set. Titan/'Packer Backer' held the superior duo of 'Slow Eddie'/'Show Me' to a (5-5) draw. TT/'PB' had gotten off to a 3-love lead to fall behind 3-4 when the rag tag team somehow pulled out a 6 deuce game to draw even and then have Titan bring it home to go up 5-4. But 'Show Me' had the final say in the tenth game coming back from 15-40 to take the game. Coach opined as he met Titan at net, "Tommy, my boy, you must learn how to close out a match. It'll be a lesson you'll never regret nor ever forget!" Titan's pleading response was"Show Me!" 'Slow Eddie' said as he ran for the gate, "I gotta get the hell out of here, I'm 20 minutes late already."