Who Knew?

"Titan, this is your worst nightmare - I'm not taking any plea bargains either." Your TennisTitan practically foot faulted in his recliner when he answered the phone Monday afternoon and heard those words through a thick Texas drawl. Out of the blue -on a dreary, rainy late summer day TT received a call from Stuart Gourd ( Austin Assassin) as he was heading east on I80 nearing the George Washington Bridge. "Come on over" encouraged the incorrigible bloated behemoth, "maybe if it doesn't rain anymore we can get a set in." And so it happened. Your Titan played a marvelously entertaining set against a man his better on the wet Andrus Park asphalt surface. Back in June, in Austin Texas, the Titan was walloped (2 and 1) by the pony-tailed lawyer who is a speedster ordinarily between the lines. Not today. The wet surface and playing with one of TT's $29.99 rackets took care of that! Titan and the Austin Assassin were resolute in holding serve throughout the match forcing the tie breaker after 55 minutes of intense drama. Each man had withstood 4 break point opportunities before prevailing in their service games. Indeed, the boisterous bloviator had no reason to be confident against the superbly conditioned litigator as they entered the 13th game. Titan held a mini-break until late in the breaker when all began to slip away as usual. Down 4-5 TT broke back and captured the final three points to take the set (7-6 [5]). As the incredulous barrister came to net for pictures Titan innocently quipped, "I acquitted myself quite well on court today, wouldn't you say." To wit the athletic attorney rejoined. "It's my conviction that you won only because of the arraignment." "Come back to Austin soon and I'll give you the Texas justice you deserve!