General Petraeus

"Rockin,' I'd say the surge worked!" Those words offered little consolation to Rick Ricci who dropped a heart breaker to TennisTitan this morning at Edgemont HS. The 'bloated behemoth' had paired successfully with 'RRR' in the first two sets of doubles played. The tandem of Yossi 'Israeli Time' Newman and Tony 'no baloney' Guido came up hurtin' as Titan and 'Rockin' captured the opener (6-4). 'RRR's crisp volleys off defensive returns forced by the 'immobile minotaur' dominated the first set. 'No baloney' had to retire in set two (5-4 [30-15]) when he further strained a groin that he had tweaked running down multiple Titan lobs earlier in the set. Gluttons that they are TT and 'RRR' elected a third set of singles to cap off the morning. Down 1-4, 2-5 Titan called upon his reserves to even the set at five. In the longest game of the day TT failed to capitalize on three break points in the 11th stanza and faced elimination at love-30, 5-6 when the surge arrived in full force! Somehow the 'boisterous bloviator' found the energy to outlast 'RRR' in four multi-ball rallies to send the set to the tie breaker. Establishing a quick mini-break Titan rolled out the heavy artillery and proceeded to paint the lines on his even more weary opponent (7-6 [0]). A despondent 'RRR' who saw an unlikely defeat snatched from the jaws of victory opined at net, "How the hell did you win 11 points in a row Titan?" The 'ego-maniacal egotist' reflectively retorted, "Maybe, it was the American flag on my chest that gave me the confidence to 'stick it out and not give up.'