After pretty much destroying ourselves on Friday night at the National Festival of Beers (wait for the photos of that one!), the Ging and I decided that a 9am round of tennis would be a good way to purge the toxins.
Brisbane State High School on Vulture Street in the City has 4 hardcourt courts that are free on a first-come, first-serve (no pun intended) basis. After the last time, when I was very late, I got there right on time and the courts were all full. Ging had been there about 10 minutes already.
Some guys who were waiting for their doubles partners to show up kindly let us have a bash for awhile and it felt good to work up a sweat. Ging was regularly killing me with passing shots down the line every time I ventured in to the net and apparently the guys behind me were having quite the laugh at my form.
Figuring I’d take the humiliation one step further, I challenged Ging to a match. That’s when the wheels came off (though fortunately no knee dislocations) for the former Cunnamulla Open champ. She simply couldn’t handle the pace on my serve that has been described by pundits as “like a snail with haemorrhoids”, and the wind was playing havoc with her ball toss.
We only played one set because there was no point killing oursevles in the hot sun (and I wanted to quit while I was ahead) and it was my first set win in Australia for many years.
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Leyton Hewitt eat your heart out.
Now firstly, can I just say, I have sore glutes! Good o’, and yes, the set was a complete embarrassment on my part!
But Chris you’re very humble… you deserved to win, I was all over the place and as for my ball toss, it had nothing to do with the wind, you know that - I’ve told you it’s just atrocious!!! I’d need to spend a good 3 hrs just getting a good serve in! And, sadly, I didn’t have the drive of Lleyton to pick up the pace. But boy oh boy, did I see that match when I got home! What a cracker! What a weekend! The Lions, the Lleyton, and I heard on the news [my pseudo team] Chelsea are on top of the ladder! Go TeamS
Now about your serve, Chris… aaaaaaaaaargh! Hit the bleedin’ thing wooja?!
I’m ready for a re-match at the Wooloowin Open, Toby. Bring it on!
Stuff Chelsea, but a good win for Liverpool and very pleased to see Brisbane and Aussie teams do well over the weekend.
Leyton Hewitt showed some good guts and a level head amidst all that crowd noise. Had to laugh when Federer called him an arsehole in German.
And probably your last. Dont get used to it.