Buenos Dias Puerto Rico! Tuesday, April 8, 2008
First off, I will apologize for the lack of blogs the past month or two, but I will assure you that will not happen again.
Fish and I are officially starting our partnership this week in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
We have been preparing for our first round opponents since we arrived, but since we drew the qualifiers in the first round, we were unsure until today which of the three teams we would play.
The top seeds in the doubles qualifying were by far the most interesting team, the Battistone brothers. I watched these guys play for 20 minutes and I'm still not quite sure what was going on. They have specially made rackets (that they have patented) with two grips. So basically just below the throat of the racket it splits out into two handles each at a 45 degree angle. Then, on top of that, one brother has a massive jump serve. It looks like a volleyball serve where he throws the ball up with his right hand takes a couple steps and jumps into the court, (switching hands with his racket) and hits a massive serve. It was one of the most entertaining doubles teams I've ever seen. When I start my "Rock and Roll Doubles Tour" someday, these guys will definitely be a part of it. Unfortunately, they lost in a 3rd set tie-breaker and we will be taking on the team of Patrick Eichenberger and Fabrice Martin.
We'll let you know how it goes....
- Booty
Fish and I are officially starting our partnership this week in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
We have been preparing for our first round opponents since we arrived, but since we drew the qualifiers in the first round, we were unsure until today which of the three teams we would play.
The top seeds in the doubles qualifying were by far the most interesting team, the Battistone brothers. I watched these guys play for 20 minutes and I'm still not quite sure what was going on. They have specially made rackets (that they have patented) with two grips. So basically just below the throat of the racket it splits out into two handles each at a 45 degree angle. Then, on top of that, one brother has a massive jump serve. It looks like a volleyball serve where he throws the ball up with his right hand takes a couple steps and jumps into the court, (switching hands with his racket) and hits a massive serve. It was one of the most entertaining doubles teams I've ever seen. When I start my "Rock and Roll Doubles Tour" someday, these guys will definitely be a part of it. Unfortunately, they lost in a 3rd set tie-breaker and we will be taking on the team of Patrick Eichenberger and Fabrice Martin.
We'll let you know how it goes....
- Booty
7 recent comments + add comment
Apr 10, 2008 7:51 am
oh man that guys serve is mental i wonder how many foot faults hes had? fun to watch though but crzy mentl at the same time
Apr 9, 2008 7:51 am
wow.... wonderful Battistone brothers story.:D Best of luck. :D
Apr 9, 2008 12:09 am
Just saw the youtube video. Very interesting that it was created for health reasons. Never thought about a two handed racquet using both sides of the body equally. Guess you do learn something new everyday! That jump serve was crazy. I wonder how long it took to get that toss and jump down!
Apr 8, 2008 8:28 pm
ahhh buenos dias booty!!! funny story, im curious to see that!!!! and thanks a lot to write to us again!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 8, 2008 4:54 pm
Google "two handled tennis racquet" and you can see a picture of the racquet. There are also links to "you tube" of one of the Battistone brothers hitting the jump serve that booty was describing in his blog.
Apr 8, 2008 4:37 pm
man they sound like fun to watch good luck on your first offical game together x
Apr 8, 2008 12:45 pm
Good luck guys! You must get us a picture of those racquets!