It's War!

"Titan that first set reminded me of D Day. Just like 65 years ago today, June 6th 1944, you were slaughtered by a 'Kraut' as you hit your Omaha beach- Kinsley Park" chortled the Teutonic One, Bob 'Kraut' Kluge after he annihilated the TennisTitan in their set of singles (2-6). 'Der Klugemeister' then joined forces with the 'blundering blatherer' for a set of doubles against 'Rockin' Rick' Ricci and Stuart 'not Espn' Scott. 'RRR'/'not Espn' had survived their first set meeting (8-6) against the tandem of 'Dave the Rave' and Carl 'Speedy Legs' Gessman to earn the right to defend champions court against 'Kraut'/TT. And defend they did! 'RRR' dominated the baseline rallies with 'Kraut' and 'not Espn' played above his norm to open a surprising four-love lead. But just as D Day turned the tide in the allies fortunes three generations ago, so too did the steady play of the 'ponderous panderer' working 'not Espn's' backhand. 'Kraut,' struggling with his serve and back hand this day, began to find the mark. With the set even at four, 'Kraut' was again broken to give the upstarts a 4-5 lead. The bombings of Dresden and Berlin to end WWII were no less devastating than TT's/'Kraut's winning the final three games to take the set (7-5). As the boys met at net 'Der Klugemeister' declared, "Tommy boy, you are the new Eisenhower! You may be run over by superior firepower at the beginning of a tennis battle, but you always seem to have a plan, an Operation Overlord, to win the set in the end. "Titan rejoined, "Kraut, my man Winston said "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" after the Battle of Britain." "This applies to you today."