Tennis is Like "Diamonds Are Forever"

"Titan, his favorite American movie must have been "From Russia With Love" quipped Max 'Tutor' Tuchman at the end of today's play at the Yonkers Tennis Center. 'Tutor'/TT had just completed an improbable comeback in their second set against Vladimir 'Russkie' Kartsev and Bill 'Energized Bunny Legs' Tully to steal a seemingly lost set (6-4) in which they were down love-three with no prospects of winning on the merit of their play. TT/'Tutor' were barely competitive in their (2-6) opening set loss. Max was already telling his 'pedantic partner' between games "Titan, don't worry I will remember to atone for today's poor play at schul in two weeks!" Who knew that the 'Energizer Bunny' battery would run down one hour into the match? Who would have suspected that 'Russkie's respectable serve would go awry midway through the final set as he gifted the 'Tutor' four double faults in two crucial service games. As the boys met at net following the (1-2 partial) third set Tully proclaimed, "Titan, 'You Only Live Twice', was a Bond classic you lived out this day. TennisTitan replied, "Bill, it certainly wasn't my 'Thunderball' of a serve that won it for us today." Vladimir retorted in his thick Russian accent as to how his game suddenly fell apart, 'Go figure...' Max chortled, "Yeah, 'Goldfinger' was my favorite!'"