Return Of The Clash With A Titan

Sets 492-493:

Stuart v. TennisTitan at Northwest Park. Winner: Stuart 6-4, 6-1.

My Mojo: Rusty.

I hadn't been playing much, but when I got an email from TennisTitan telling me he was in town, I was definitely willing to play. Actually, I play just about anytime anyone asks me to, but the invitations don't seem to be coming too often now that I'm not playing all the time, and I haven't really reached out to others for games much lately. That has to change.

But I digress. TennisTitan was gracious enough to work me into his busy vacation schedule when he came town to Austin, so I took a couple of hours off from work during the day to play. It was nice having a long lunch and spending time outdoors in the middle of the day on a work day.

In the first set, we went back and forth a lot in the games, and they were close, though I had an edge. Mostly I felt like my own errors were the main thing affecting my game in this set. Like I said, I hadn't been playing much, and my game was showing it.

Luckily, in the second set, I started picking it up. But it seemed like the farther I got into the set, the less he put into it. As the set moved on, I felt like I had a better and better advantage. I won the second set much more easily that the first. Anyway, it was good to see this "invader from the north" again, and I hope to play again, maybe on his turf. And, of course, you can read his much more colorful version of our racquet battle on his blog as well. Titan, sorry I was such a slug about getting this posted.