Day 6 Action!

Is it really only Day 6? Seems longer than that, but whatever. Here we are, exactly where we are meant to be.

Game 1:

Hot Buzz vs. Jew Magix

It was windy today and, of course, someone complained about it. Of all the things I can control, "weather" is not on the list. Actually, it's a really short list. One item: Nothing. Put that in your existential pipe and smoke it.

Anyway, it looked like a sweet matchup here. Blazin' Paddles vs. the Kosher Kaiser. TC vs. Stephen Wong, who has no nickname. (Leave your nickname ideas in the comments section.) This one, as they say, had all the makings...on paper.

As per history, the non-Gentile Giant took half the game to wake up his paddle. Blaise whistled slams way too high and way too low. TC's paddle turned to Jell-O brand gelatin at some points, making returns ineffective. Stephen Wong just tried to stay out of Clemmy's way, costing him some points. The leads went up and down like a roller coaster, with Hot Buzz finally pulling away, but not before Blaise took one in the pill case (and true to this year's tournament form, insisting that it hit him in the hip).

Hot Buzz: 21, Jew Magix: 15

Game 2:

Eddy & The Boozers vs. Beetledouche

Finally, the Boozers' first game. We were dying to see what Austin Eddy brought to the pitch. Was he accurate? Streaky? Was his flow heavy or light? Who knew?

Just like the first game, this thing was all over the place. Ryan, bless his headband, could not keep the ball anywhere near the table and even got conked in the dice once. Jonny was shooting blanks 50% of the time. Jeremie was having a similar success rate. Austin acquitted himself just fine for a guy under the pressure of Centre Court for the first time, but still, lots of points left out on the table. Was it the wind? Really? You wish. Everyone was just a bit off today, I guess, but at least that made things exciting. The scores were tight for the most part, but today was Beetledouche's day. Jeremie wound things up with a bang by completely fanning on the final point of the day, allowing the ball to connect for his second pilling of the match.

Beetledouche: 21, Eddy & The Boozers: 16

Game 3:

Hot Buzz vs. SILF

It finally seemed that the players warmed up. Very exciting game! The scores were so even throughout that we had our first deuce of the tournament. Yahoo! Blaise was ripping some slams. The JParm 5000 needed some slight recalibration mid-game, but played a very strong match. Tom Collins played some steady-as-she-goes pong. The key, in my estimation, was Hans. The guy played great! Very few missed shots. He was hitting to Blaise and most folks figured that Blaise would be ripping slam after slam, but it was not to be. Hans had a high rate of return (unlike most checking accounts) and some good location. He kept Blaise moving, which might have been the key. He couldn't set his feet.

Anyway, on to deuce we go!

First serve...
Jance: "Advantage, SILF!"

Second serve...
Crowd: "Dooooooooce!"

Third serve...
Jance: "Advantage, SILF!"

Fourth serve...
Crowd: "Dooooooooce!"

Fifth serve...
Jance: "Advantage, SILF!"

Sixth serve...

SILF: 24, Hot Buzz: 22