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jen’s tennis sideblog | she/her | likes and follows from @justjamespotterr | ao3.

[advantagealcaraz]

open attachment | ben shelton/flavio cobolli / chapter 1/?

Flavio said, “Sorry. You said ex? Ex-girlfriend?”

“Yeah, man,” Ben said, hoping to imply, obviously. Not that having any other type of ex was wrong, or anything like that. Ben was totally okay if Flavio was like that. He’d sort of suspected it since the moment they met.

@tennisrarepairpromptfest prompts: Ben shelton /flavio cobolli- angst with happy ending-arguing-ben shelton has internalized homophobia-what are we situationship-getting together // sexuality crises but on Flavio "I'm straight" Cobolli's part rather than Ben's!

[advantagealcaraz]

hellooo! i just read open attachment and just wanted to say i’m SOO hooked! as someone who does in fact work corporate in nyc it is so delicious (but also lowk got a little too real hahaha)

i love your benflavio characterization and i’m so excited to read more!!! them wearing the same workout fit is my fav detail and made me giggle sm

thank you for sharing <3

omg honestly the corporate lingo was probably the most difficult to pin down for me a) because why am i trying to escape from my corporate job by imagining… tennis players in corporate jobs and b) because every company & industry has such specific jargon and i work in such a niche industry and i don’t want the setting to directly mirror any one company. which is why everything benflavio do in the workplace is shrouded in acronyms and vaguely defined project terms. which if you think about it is probably the most accurate depiction of the corporate world

[tieheartbreaker]

[advantagealcaraz]

omg omg open attachment first chapter so elite!! so delicious!! im sooo sat and happy that this is getting written. as a born and raised new yorker, i wanted to give you kudos for your depiction of the city thus far :))) you can tell when someone is familiar with city dynamics, neighborhoods, and such so big shout out to you!! please write more soon i beg 😁

A BORN AND RAISED NEW YORKER this is high praise, thank you so much! as someone who is only pretending to know anything about the city (read: california transplant), i apologize in advance for any nyc inaccuracies that will inevitably crop up. thank you for reading have a forehead kiss <3

[allthespoons]

rowan ricardo phillips, the circuit

there are so few good sportswriters and unfortunately almost all of them are writing about tennis.

[advantagealcaraz]

open attachment | ben shelton/flavio cobolli / chapter 1/?

Flavio said, “Sorry. You said ex? Ex-girlfriend?”

“Yeah, man,” Ben said, hoping to imply, obviously. Not that having any other type of ex was wrong, or anything like that. Ben was totally okay if Flavio was like that. He’d sort of suspected it since the moment they met.

@tennisrarepairpromptfest prompts: Ben shelton /flavio cobolli- angst with happy ending-arguing-ben shelton has internalized homophobia-what are we situationship-getting together // sexuality crises but on Flavio "I'm straight" Cobolli's part rather than Ben's!

[gaslightgirlsummer]

[carolinahl92]

Motoboyz4life

[carolinahl92]

Don’t let your wife, stop you from being with your bro

[fritzes]

[steffislam]

Janolecaraz for anon

[rigmarole-07]

jannik sinner wimbledon 2026 x invictus (william earnest henley) 1/2

[baking-soda]

it’s going elsewhere

[thomas-mvller]

[toyotathonics]

lamine it’s time to meet your destiny.

[pinkcaraz]

you're laughing gerebito just said that the day carlos completed the channel slam in 2024 was one of the best days of his life and you're laughing

[mareaste]

it's lover boy summer!!

[mareaste]

it's yacht ad summer!!!

[gauffcaraz]

My goat is a money hungry homosexual fraud fairs