one step closer to paradise

tennis sideblog. mostly reblogs. not rpf-free.

[making-friendos]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[gamesetandmath]

somewhere in melbourne right now carlos is pointing his wet sad cow eyes at his dad to convince him that he can actually hire jcf for one in one golf coaching since it is not tennis

[murrave]

no but what kind of lord of the rings ass fantasy is happening on sunday fr carlos is on his little heroes journey to complete the career slam and nearly died to the evil knight but found his heart and his courage and bravely stood back up to defeat him and now he has to fight the ancient dragon with a hoard of trophies who slew his boyfriend

[carlicos]

Carlos Alcaraz x Australian Open SF

[pinkcaraz]

he is truly something else entirely

[purblind-dragon]

Practice @ AO 2026 | Canon R3 + EF 70-200mm f/2.8

It was guns blazing from the first ball between these two

[matteoberrettini]

Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy checks her match notes during day one of the 2026 Hobart International at Domain Tennis Centre on January 12, 2026 in Hobart, Australia.

📸 Steve Bell

[tennisarchive]

Yannick Noah and Arthur Ashe - US Open 1983

[blorbocedes]

saw this on the tennis reddit, a blind man enjoying atp finals at Turin. it really touched me 🥲

"The sound of Sinner's ball is unmistakable, like a yogurt tub. I had to come."

[mezzinow]

Número uno 👑

[sygol]

youve taken the time to learn my attack patterns? what are you, gay?

[hydroblader]

the compliments video in summary: guy who is on the verge of killing himself vs. guy who knows the other guy is on the verge of killing himself

[michelsens]

“omg do new tennis fans know about umag 2022” “do new tennis fans even know the draperaz lore” do new tennis fans give a shit about the wta?

[oedipalrivalry]

probably the greatest opening to a sports memoir ever...

[blans]

it would be hilarious if djoko defeated musetti tomorrow and let him feel crushed and disappointed for a little while only to then announce that he actually won't be going to the finals, so. lore you did all that completely unnecessarily

[blans]

AND HE ACTUALLY DID IT HE WITHDREW

[danielleserdachny]

ELENA RYBAKINA wins the 2025 WTA Final (November 8th, 2025)

[carlitosalcarass]

Moselle Open 2025 Champion