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Fave Five: New Sapphic Sports Romance, 2026 Edition

For 2025 titles, click here. Set Point by Meg Jones (Tennis) Half Court Shot by Kimani Mae (Basketball) Make Your Move by Melissa Brayden (F1) Stick Around by Eliza Lentzski (Hockey) Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar (Softball) Bonus: These are all F/F, but for an F/X Romance with a nonbinary lesbian out later this year, check out Two Can Play That Game by Zakiya N. Jamal Double Bonus:…

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BTW I am on a little quest to find a F/F romance novel that hits the same spot as Heated Rivalry and right now I’m reading an ARC of Set Point by Meg Jones and it is so FUUUUUUUN!

Former child prodigy tennis champion whose game has been off recently due to stress injuries currently seething at the hot-headed new tennis favorite (WHO SHE KISSED AT A PARTY MONTHS AGO AND WAS THEN GHOSTED BY WHEEEE) only then they play a game of doubles at a charity event and find that they’re a surprisingly good fit on the court…and perhaps off 👀

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✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨

Set Point by Meg Jones

⭐️⭐️⭐️.25

QOTD: Have you ever played or watched tennis?

I’ve never played aside from lazily and badly hitting a ball over a net at school. But I’ve been to the Aus Open twice and I’ve watched a little on TV.

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Review below cut

Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for the eARC. All thoughts are my own.

This was a really fun, fiery rivals to lovers sports romance with just a hint of a second chance in there. I’m really loving tennis romances lately so this was a must-read for me.

I’ll admit to not connecting fully with the characters or the romance in this one but I genuinely think that may have been a me problem. I set it aside when I was halfway through and came back to it and definitely enjoyed the second half a lot more than the first.

I really liked the way Ines and Chloe grew together, the way they made each other better, not just at tennis but in life, too. They were so great together and there were some truly beautiful scenes where the two of them opened themselves up to each other fully.

There were some really heavy topics in here and the media is absolutely ruthless at times and I appreciate that the author showed that side of fame and how much it can affect a person.

Overall this book definitely had more good than bad and I’m happy to have read it!

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📸 Eurosport PL

Ruudtek then smoothly kicked off the second set through Casper's service game hold to 1-0, but even though Iga's swift forehand return and Andrea's double-fault slightly put themselves ahead, Andrea's volley flicks confirmed their service game hold to 1-1. The same volleys kicked off the next game for the Italian pair, but Casper's preceding volley finish that got Andrea run over confirmed their service game to 2-1 as the third seeds tried to up their net game. Andrea's timely poach to close the gap in the fourth game (to 2-1* 30-30) points after a baseline exchange between Sara and Iga (that ended with Sara's unforced error) and Casper's fourth-shot forehand error, but the Italian wild cards came in clutch again to hold 2-2, followed by Ruudtek's flawless service game error to 3-2 (bar that one point they conceded). By the end of this game, Andrea took a medical timeout over a left thigh issue.

Afterward, bar an earlier fourth-shot forehand winner from Casper, Sara held her serve to 3-3 before Andrea's working volley kicked off the next game, followed by a flick backhand volley from Sara to put themselves 2 points ahead (to *3-3 0-30), but they somehow had a break point 2 points later thanks to Sara's volley (to *3-3 15-40) before it was immediately converted through her volley to 4-3. Iga's fourth-shot volley then kicked off the next game, but the Italian defending champions finally strengthened their position with a hold to 5-3. Ruudtek then stayed solid and held their serve to 5-4, which meant that Sara/Andrea had an earlier chance to serve for the match.

However, Casper's preceding smash (to *5-4 30-30) to Andrea's unforced error somehow paved the way for his forehand winner to the open court that set up Ruudtek's break point before it was converted thanks to his pass to Andrea's volley error to 5-5. Despite scoring a cross-court forehand winner and surviving 2 consecutive double-faults, Iga held her serve to 6-5 to put the third seeds ahead for the first time after some games in this set. Subsequently, Iga's volleys got Andrea run over 3 points into the 12th game before Casper's forehand winner set up their set point, which conversion came from Iga's backhand return winner to break for the second set 7-5, forcing the (proper) match tie-break to determine the championship.

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Clayvedev set point today in Rome

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📸 Eurosport LV

Before the epic Men's Singles finals commenced, the twilight kicked off with the Women's Doubles final between Anna Danilina/Aleksandra Krunic, who notably stunned first seeds Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals before defeating Ulrikke Eikeri/Eri Hozumi 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 in another epic semifinal, and second seeds Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini, who knocked out fourth seeds Mirra Andreeva/Diana Shnaider 6-0, 6-1 in a rapid duel version of the 2024 Summer Olympics gold medal rematch. This match turned out to deliver the point construction goods, but everything also came down to their shot execution at the end.

The match just begun, but A. Danilina's working volley finish put her and A. Krunic a point ahead before a net exchange that ended with S. Errani's failed volley forced the deuce. Another different volley finish from the Kazakh set up their initial break point, but it was foiled before the Italian second seeds held massively to 1-0. The net play continued in the next game as S. Errani passed A. Danilina at the net for a prior lead before the latter missed the volley to J. Paolini's preceding forehand to set up their one-point lead, but the unseeded pair remained solid and held their serves to 1-1 after winning the next few points. Two games later, S. Errani's volley struck back, scoring a crucial equalizer even if A. Danilina/A. Krunic held their serves to 2-2 thanks to A. Danilina's successful volley after surviving a deuce happening due to an unforced error.

The net game still played a significant role in the next game as A. Krunic fired a working volley for an equalizer to 2-2* 30-30, but S. Errani's volley also helped them to hold their serves to 3-2. Subsequently, J. Paolini's return forehand winners not only did set up the second seeds' one-point lead to 3-2* 15-30, but also generated their break point before an unforced error converted it to 4-2. Their defense that ended with A. Danilina's failed volley closed the gap before they faced a break point over a failed lob attempt, but they saved the third break point over J. Paolini's forehand error as A. Krunic slipped. The Serb then fired a forehand winner to create their fourth break point, but they only converted their fifth break opportunity due to the second seeds' third-shot error to 4-3.

The eighth game then kicked off with a backhand return winner from J. Paolini before A. Krunic concluded the out-smashing contest with her final smash, but a long exchange that ended with J. Paolini's forehand down-the-line winner, which turned out to be in, set up the second seeds' latest break point, but the unseeded pair finished a different exchange with a functional volley to secure their gigantic hold to 4-4. After J. Paolini held her serve with a forehand winner, S. Errani's equalizing smash to 5-4* 15-15 paved the way for a possible scoreboard pressure response before J. Paolini's forehand winner created their set point. Ultimately, the Italian second seeds broke for the first set 6-4 due to the unseeded pairs' failed smash, finding their balance through trusting their strokes and net-play combination to technically put themselves a set away from the title.