The Familiar Family Failure

"Your dogs barking rattled my game more than anything you threw at me on the court, Titan" was Rob 'Jersey Bomber' Briscoe's comment during the changeover between sets one and two at Kinsley Park today. The 'bungling Bomber' (5 double fault gifts) had just dropped the first set (6-4) to TennisTitan and was determined to avoid the ignominy of a sweep. The 'unctuous uncle' captured the critical seventh game with a break at love and held on to serve it out three games later. The 'Jersey Bomber' went to plan B in set two and eventually righted the ship. The 'naughty nephew's hustle and all court play dwarfed his one dimensional 'rotund relation' throughout the two hour struggle. That effort paid off midway through the second set when the 'Jersey Bomber' turned a three-love deficit into a 3-4 lead with effective serve and volley play and consistently running down TT's near winners. Titan gamely hung in there avoiding a complete melt down evening the set at 5 apiece. "I talked to my cousins, Titan, - your sons - 'Big Daddy' Jeff and 'Hoya Saxa' Russ. They told me you can't finish. They're right!" quipped the 'resurgent Robbie' as he waltzed to his (5-7) victory by breaking his Godfather at love to end the match. "And TennisTitan please refer to me as the 'Mammoth of Monmouth' in your insipid blog. You'll hit the Chinese buffet harder than your first serve."