But 30-year-old Llodra took control at the net to claim the next two sets before two straight aces in the fourth-set tie-breaker helped him put France 2-0 up and loosen Spain's two-year grip on the cup.
The principal, a Native American dressed in a suit and tie, was out front so I pulled up beside him and told my young FFA state officer to ask him directions to the high school.