2nd Serve

Shit. Owen.

Pink's plane landed five minutes ago.

Mm.You were supposed to wake me up.

What are you doing?

You're going to be late for your first day at the Dirty Club.

Derby Club.

What did you say? You're mumbling.

Derby Club. Oh, whatever.

Have you seen that place? I bet they don't even have indoor courts, do they?

Do they, Owen?

Owen, I'm talking to you.

Owen!

Ouch.

Ouch. What are you doing?

Well, if you'd listen.

"Former tennis star publishes poems in the Courier."

Lofty, Owen, lofty.

Robert Frost played tennis.

Owen, baby, you are good at two things.

Poetry isn't one of them.

Pink's out of town again on the 27th.

See you in a few weeks.

Ice?

Straight up.

Ah. Owen.

What happened to you?

You used to whip my ass at everything.

Juniors, the tour. Now you can't even work for me.

Charles, I just came by to get my check and clean out my locker, so...

You were the best.

Sponsors, fans. Charisma.

But you just couldn't stay away from the bookies, could you, Owen?

So you going to mail me a check or are we going to have some sort of a transaction?

Sleeping with the members' wives.

The towel girl.

Giving lessons outside the club.

And then there was that incident with the Pee Wees last month.

Trevor started it. He is seven.

You called him a jackwipe. He is a jackwipe.

You leave me no choice here.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you go.

You already fired me Monday, Charles, okay?

Am I going to get my damn check or not?

I gave you a chance,

and you pissed it all away.

The Dew was flat.

I bought it yesterday.

Got a bad one, Chuck.

Heard you took a job at the Derby Club.

Such a sad fall for Mr. Match.

It's game set.

Excuse me?

You remember.

Game set match.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

It is a very, very sad day.

Have fun at the Dirty Club.

Eat my balls, boys.Hey.

It's on, Match. It's so oh.

It's game set.

You're Owen Match.

Yeah, that's me. Who are you?

I'm Jake.

Hey, Jake. Do you know Sherry?

Yeah. She's the manager.

Right, she's the one that hired me, but I've only talked to her on the phone.

What happened to your nose?

Oh, high heel pump.

Jake, have you heard from Turner?

No.Find him.

You're late. You must be Sherry.

I don't like tardiness. What do you like, Sherry?

I like people who show up to work on time, Owen.

Could you call me Game? Do you know how to read a court sheet?

Yeah, yeah, I am skilled at the art of court sheet reading.

Good. This shows you who's on the court for the entire day.

Clinics, lessons, walk-ons, per minute court times.

You fill out your lessons in the pro book,

and Jake will put them on the court sheet.

If your name's on the court sheet--

Owen. If your name's on the court sheet,

your butt's on the court, you got it?

Yeah. Court sheet, important. Got it.

You're not going to get some fountain club-type in here.

Just the basics and then you will learn the system as you go.

Jake here will give you a quick tour,

and then I expect you to dive right in.

Any luck?

Straight to voice mail. Keep trying.

And when you do find him, tell him to not bother coming in tomorrow.

Damn.

You should see her when she gets out of bed in the morning.

Dude.

She's my mom.

My bad.

Is she serious about firing that guy Turner?

She like fired him like six times already.

I got fired twice this week.

She's got four full-time pros.

You'll be number five.

Uh, that's Roman.

He's from Boston.

Teaches at least 70 hours a week.

Came down with a case of dead arm a couple of months back.

I had a buddy have that once. Yikes.

He's been playing with his wrong arm ever since.

He can beat that thing against the wall and not feel a thing.

Everyone calls him Dead Arm.

That's Billy. Goes by Lingo.

Been here a few years.

Seems like a lot longer.

You got to aim higher if you're going to be a fuzzy baller.

Raging ADHD.

Non-funny.

And that's Carlos.

He's been here a few months now.

He came from somewhere out East.

Claims to have worked with Nadal and Brad Leaver.

What he say?

Hell if I know.

What's up, man?

Blood sucker.

Come on, I'll show you the locker room.

Hey, gents.

This is the staff locker room.

Don't mind the smell.

Owen Match.

Coach. Get over here, bubby.

Ah.

Oh.You haven't been avoiding me, have you?

Sit down there. Let me take a look at you.

Sit down, sit down.

Wow. I got to head back to the shed.

Ah, bubby.

Got to say, you look like death taking a shit.

Get my back, would you? My arthritis is really flaring up again.

I thought you took a job across the river.

Yeah.

I came back about three months ago,

and was able to sweet talk Sherry into this part time deal.

Thanks. Yeah, what's the deal with her?

Sherry? Oh, boy.

She'll bite your balls off and serve them at tea.

That ass is tight though, huh? Tight as a drum.

Check that out? I know you did, boy.

Probably got harder than Chinese algebra.

Of course you can't say stuff like that anymore.

Now you got to be politically correct. You can't compliment a woman.

You used to get your face slapped. Now you get slapped with a lawsuit.

Know what I'm talking about?

I didn't know he worked here.

Part time. How did you know Coach?

He was my coach for like ten years. Pee Wee's through High School.

Cool.

No, not cool. It's not cool at all.

That man almost put me on blood pressure medication.

I don't think this is going to work, man.

Hold on a minute.

Derby C. This is Jake.

Yo, Jake. Turner, where are you?

Yeah, brother, I don't think I'll be able to make it in today.

Who's my 10:00?Uh, it's... Emily.

Yeah, that ain't going to happen.

What do I tell my mom? Tell her--

Tell her I'm coming down with something.

Okay, but--

Look, Jake-- Shit.

Hi, Jake.

I'm here for my 10:00 with Turner.

Who?

Emily. Hi, Sherry.

Let me guess. Turner.

Emily, why don't go and warm up on court three?

Okay. See you later, Jake. I'll see--

Sherry, we need to talk. Yeah, that's going to have to wait.

Right now, I really need you to make yourself useful

and go hit with that girl that Turner just blew off. Okay? Thanks.

Jake.

Ooh-hoo. You okay?

Ye-yeah. Good, come introduce me to your girlfriend.

She's not my girlfriend. You want her to be?

Emily.

Hay, Jake.

Hey, Emily. I'm Owen.

I'll be subbing for Turner today.

So, uh, let's see what you got.