Jun 19, 2024
like do u guys realise how insane this is........
#this is sooooo.#knowing someone so well that you can predict every serve and shot selection is acc crazy like#the unique intimacy of rivalries.... a deliberated kind of bond that comes from discovering what it takes to become each other's undoing#and being undone by your rival = being known in a way that nobody else knows you. this private knowledge that links you together#rallying as a dialogue between two people who want nothing more than to understand the other for the sole purpose of ruination#how this idea of intimacy is both reaffirmed and subverted within the context of a one-on-one zero-sum sport. etc#+ that challengers tashi quote about how for fifteen minutes she and her opponent understood each other perfectly or sth#mine#daniil medvedev#stefanos tsitsipas#stefaniil#i am also once again thinking abt the exho mixed doubles and daniil telling mirra where to serve to / how to receive from stef.....
