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if i hadn’t walked around a real tennis court and had the pro explain it to me i would have absolutely no fucking idea what was happening. also why would you get hungover before such an important match? what of the 48-hour rule?

yuling what have you gotten me into

the SECOND you google “am i gay quiz” it’s over. don’t even bother taking it you know the answer

i can tell that 90% of imogen’s i’m-too-straight-i-can’t-possibly-be-queer neuroses are entirely because of gretchen

imogen it’s going to be okay. i promise. maybe touch some grass

took the eurostar to paris and you know what fucking for

yooooo the professor is still hot wow i really, really wanted to know that. HOW did you know, lev grossman, that i wanted to know this

ok at least he pointed out this new guy is handsome. a win is a win

maybe this is how guys think (shameful if so), but do we really have to introduce every female character by how pretty they are? i immediately get the ick

i love a sopping wet pathetic nick carraway who can’t stop lying to himself and yeah. this is that

wisconsin mentioned 🧀

What kind of topspin does Nicki Chan’s serve have that you could hit an OVERHEAD off of it???

“Volleying back” a serve is, of course, illegal.

Aside from the final, all of the Indian Wells 1995 men's matches were best of three sets. Thus, Huntley could not be playing a fifth set.

It is possible, but rare, for cracks to form in tennis racquets from playing a lot. More likely, a string would break. Would it happen to a pro player who has seven total racquets and presumably switches them out frequently? Maybe, but less likely. Would the racquet “CRACK IN HALF” from the stress of returning a forehand? NO!!! I get we’re in 1995, but the racquets can’t be that bad!!

I’m nitpicking again, but I can’t resist. Twice now, a serve has been described as landing “at [a player’s] feet”. This is, of course, not plausible in tennis. Because either the aforementioned player is standing inside the service box, or the serve is several feet out.

Carrie is training for several hours a day. It’s her full-time job. And she’s eating A SMOOTHIE and RAW ALMONDS for breakfast?? Where are the complex carbs?? Who is her dietitian? How is she not crashing on the court from lack of fuel? My immersion is shattered.

why are you crashing out over this it’s not a big deal

did. did you just say “purple orbs” unironically

HOW ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH HIM. IT HAS BEEN SIX DAYS

i guess din and jeremy knox of the usc trojans have the same abysmal coping mechanisms

What happened to the 48-hour rule?!?!?!?!? Also, you’re in high school????

Also, Division III offers don’t give scholarships. Ask me how I know.

do all summer camps mangle the words to sweet caroline? this is giving me war flashbacks #sweetserveofmine

The defending Wimbledon mixed doubles champions are “weak to cross-court shots?” AKA the bread-and-butter strategy of doubles? The highest-percentage shot possible due to the lower net and increased court length? Are they just slamming every ball down the line? What is happening? Who edited this tennis?

This is the Wimbledon mixed doubles final and yet the writing isn’t any more specific than “between points, we were forced to strategize.” Like, I sure hope so?!

the repeated usage of the word “game” where “match” should be is incredibly irksome. and the worst part is that the author uses the correct term SOME of the time!

“i think i went too hard on her” is a sentence that anyone who has just won the first round at wimbledon would NEVER say

“we’ve also done a lot of work on my serve, adapting my playing style to be more strategic” you mean before this point you, an 8-time grand slam champion, were just slapping the shit out of the ball not aiming anywhere in particular???

More errors:
“We all defended for a few volleys” - you’re pros playing doubles. Someone needs to be on offense. Also misuse of “volleys”. “Shots” is more accurate.
“That move is simple, easy to correct in training” - No one, especially not a 8x Grand Slam champion, refers to a tennis skill as a “move”.
“I need to practise this backhand swing” Stilted. Just say “My backhand sucks ass”.

“mixed double category” doubles is plural. there’s so little tennis in this book that any error breaks my immersion. also, stop smashing your racquets.