"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!'"
"Titan, in my country of Ecuador, they call me the 'Mosquito from Quito" quipped Pappi at the end of his set with TennisTitan at Kinsley this afternoon. The Mosquito/TT trailed Vladimir 'Russkie' Kartsev/John 'Neck' Manzi love-three before the 'boisterous blowhard' got his game in gear. Thirty minutes later the talented tandem closed out their rousing (6-4) comeback victory against a bewildered 'Neck' and the befuddled Russian immigrant. For the second set your 'bloated bloviator' was joined by Bill 'Electro Lux' Ching against the split tandem of 'Neck' Manzi (4 games) -Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz (6 games) pairing with 'Russkie.' Titan served it out at (6-4) sending the 'egomanical egotist' home ecstatic. As the boys met at net for their post match pictures 'Electro Lux' opined, "Titan, maybe you should have played a third set today. It would have been great to see if you could have won with the 'Neck' as you partner. To wit Titan fired his fourth ace of the day, "Bill, that's a stretch, even I couldn't make."
"It was a perfect day for tennis at Kinsley except for the outcome" winced the TennisTitan at the conclusion of his three sets this date. The 'bombastic blowhard' joined ten fellow hackers on the last day of summer under cloudless skies with the temperatures in the mid 60's - just like the players ages! TT paired with Frank 'Slats' Slattery for the two sets (5-7, 6-4) against Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz and a newbie, 'Dave the Rave.' Neither TT nor 'Slats' distinguished themselves in this pairing as they failed to capitalize on 'the Rave's' lack of court discipline and 'GK' leg weariness in the first set which was within their grasp at five all. 'Slats' departing comment cut his conservative crony to the quick: "That's another reason I am considering voting for Obama. He's got no more experience than the 'Rave' and look what he did!" Stuart 'Not Espn' Scott filled in as Titan's partner in a third set that was played against George 'Chemist' Hauss and another Caribbean import, Andre 'Poppa Doc' Perpignan. Andre proved more than capable of humbling your 'bumbling bloviator' (3-6) with pop on his serve and crisp ground strokes. As the boys met at net 'Not Espn' commented, "Andre, continue playing like that and we'll get you on Sports Center." 'Poppa Doc' chortled, "Titan, I'm from Haiti - you break it down - hate Tt. Do you get it now? To you, I am 'Andre the Giant Killer.'
"Titan, it's not he who laughs first, but rather he who laughs last" sighed a happy Bill 'Energizer Bunny Legs' Tully at the end of play this date at the Yonkers Tennis Center. 'EBL' and 'Big Al' DioDati had managed to come back strong (1-6) in the second set against the tandem of TennisTitan and Max 'Tutor' Tuckman to gain a split in the afternoon's activities. The 'bloated behemoth' and the maven of mayhem from Dobbs Ferry out lasted 'EBL'/'Big Al' in the opener (6-4) in an especially competitive and satisfying set for the 'Yonkers Yapper.' TT/'Tutor' had seen their three-love lead wither away to a four all tie when Titan summoned the best elements of his game to hold serve in the ninth game and then break 'Big Al' to grab his first ever victory against 'EBL.' As the boys met at net 'Tutor' quipped, "Bill, I thought you were dogging it a little bit in that first set, just not covering as much ground as you usually do at the baseline." The 'boisterous blowhard' chortled, "Max, don't you know that when the Titan dogs it, in my house we say "we are Dilly-Tullying!"
