#tennis rpf

[theresonly1u]

There's Only One You 2024: a sports rpf short fanworks prompt meme is live!

262 fanworks in 12 different sports rpf fandoms. Check out the works and the fandoms and grab a cup of coffee 'cause it's just banger after banger across fandoms!

Thank you everyone for your hard work in making this another wonderful year! It is a joy to do this with you again. Your enthusiasm and joie de vivre make all the logistical stuff worthwhile.

Creators - make sure you update the posting date on your works to today so it appears at the top of the tag, especially if you posted weeks ago! Your names will be revealed on Monday, April 8 between 9am-10am pt (unless your work is also in anonymous collection.)

Everyone - if you enjoyed a work, slam that kudos button and leave a comment! Short works do not get nearly enough attention in fandom and these creators worked hard - let them know what you loved about their work! And I'll emphasize that doubly for the podficcers, artists, and fanmixers here, because those are also creators that don't see a lot of praise even beyond short fics. tl;dr: kudos + comment if you liked it!

Thank you all!! Settle in for a good weekend because we've got a lot to enjoy here 🌞

#sports rpf #prompt meme #ao3 #oh boy here we go. buckle up. in alphabetical order: #american football rpf #baseball rpf #cycling rpf #indycar rpf #men's basketball rpf #men's football rpf #men's hockey rpf #hockey rpf #rugby union rpf #skiing rpf #tennis rpf #women's hockey rpf #HELL YEAH LET'S GOOOOOO #fanfic #fanmix #podfic #fan art #art #fanfiction #there's only one you and imma drink to that 🫡

[zingaplanet]

A rivalry is more than head to heads or titles won. Here's a thread of why the Federer-Nadal rivalry (2004-2022) is considered one of the greatests and most unique in sports history:

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are mirror opponents. A once in a century jackpot with two style of play at the opposite ends of the sports' techniques. In terms of athlete's posture, they are eerily of the exact same height and weight, yet Federer is a right-handed player with a one-handed backhand and Nadal is a left-handed player with a two-handed backhand. Federer portrayed the elegant, fast-paced serve and volley style of the past decade whereas Nadal introduced innovative heavy groundstrokes, topspin, and defensive baseline plays. They encapsulated the progress of the sports' development and their matches popularised tennis to unprecedented heights.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the respective best at their dominant surfaces. They both stil hold world records for most Grand Slam titles on grass (Federer with 8 Wimbledons) and on clay (Nadal with 14 French Opens), respectively dubbed King of Grass and King of Clay. From 2006 to 2008, they played every single Wimbledon and French Open finals against each other.

Roger Federer was the undisputed current world number one since 2004. He admitted he almost lost his passion for the game due to lack of competition until Nadal became the first to beat him in a grand slam final. They became the only pair in history to share the top two year end rankings for 6 years, from 2005 to 2010 and 2017. In their own words, they were each other's biggest motivations to achieve greatness.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first to dominate the sports consistently for over a decade, ending the era of one or two odd times Grand Slam winners. Together they won consecutive majors from 2005 to 2007, 2008 to 2009, and 2017 to 2018. Their dominance kickstarted what was dubbed the 'golden era of tennis'.

As tournament seedings are based on rankings, their 40 matches were tournament quarters, semis, and finals, with the all time record of 9 Grand Slam finals. They were each other's partners in the worst and best moments of their careers.

They played what is considered by most tennis analysts as the greatest tennis match in history: The Wimbledon final of 2008 for 4 hours and 48 minutes.

They were leaders of the game from the background, being president and vice president of the players' council for more than 10 years with both only agreeing to join if the other's participating.

They have played countless charity matches to support each other's foundations. In 2020 they broke the world record together, with their exhibition in Africa attracting the highest ever attendance in a tennis match.

Known for their sportmanships, Nadal has openly expressed that he cried of happiness when Federer won his first ever French Open (Nadal's best tournament), whilst Federer expressed his wish to have a draw match and shared his 2017 Australian Open with Nadal.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are two of the most successful, consistent, and longstanding tennis players of all time, playing more than 25 years of professional tennis with a record of 42 Grand Slams between them. Many have not known the sport without them, they are representative of a generation.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain close friends after almost 20 years of facing each other on court, having stated their friendship as the proudest milestone of their rivalry. As per his personal wish, Federer will retire playing doubles alongside Nadal in his last ever competitive tennis match.

#i made the complete fedal saga guide #somebody has to do it right #this is why i call bullshit when ppl diminish their rivalry #it's a once in a lifetime occurrence #the best of the best in sports #fedal #rivalry #tennis #tennis rpf #roger federer #rafael nadal #sports #laver cup #wimbledon #french open

[sleepstxtic]

hi there! hello!

i'm kat (she/her) and you can find my work on AO3 under sleepstxtic. i'm so excited that you're here <3

if you wish to translate/create art/make a podfic/remix my works, there's nothing I'd love more. this is your blanket permission to create anything you'd like with my fics (as long as you tag/link back to me so i can take a look at it and squeal with you).

i am a strong proponent of SALS, YKINMK, and DLDR, and i also mod @hp-abandonshipfest, @hpdrizzle, and the @thorki-secretsanta

below is a sampler of my writing <3

desertion | explicit | 8.9k | feyd-rautha harkonnen/paul atreides “I found him on the drumsand, four kilometres from here,” Stilgar was saying. “He has a crysknife.” or Feyd travels to Arrakis to hunt for Paul among the Fremen.

the other golden path | explicit | 4.6k | feyd-rautha harkonnen/paul atreides “A dual consummation?” Chani asked Princess Irulan, horrified.

“A dual, public consummation,” Paul added, rubbing his eyes mournfully as Feyd-Rautha reached a hand to lift up Paul’s chin, and winked.

all the ways | teen | 3.1k all the ways it could have happened

he loves me, he loves me not | teen | 5.7k astoria watches her husband fall in love with harry potter.

a love that knows of itself | mature | 7k after an accidental bonding, harry is forced to confront some longstanding feelings concerning a certain unspeakable.

connecting lines, connecting crimes | mature | 15k magic is going haywire after ley lines all over the world are mysteriously failing. a cross-border task force is set up by the league of wixen nations with expert cartologist draco malfoy and ley line specialist pansy parkinson being called in from britain to work with magi-geographers harry potter and parvati patil in india. but can they get to the root of the issue before it's too late? featuring: an excessive use of holograms, numerous references to food, and lots and lots (and lots!) of travel.

rush (for a gap that exists) | explicit | 42k a story of love and loss that grew amidst the most infamous rivalry in formula one history: the story of draco malfoy and harry potter.

the pirc defence | explicit | 10k they were rivals, and they were lovers, and they were the greatest chess players of their generation. exactly in that order.

whispers on a hill | helga hufflepuff/rowena ravenclaw | teen | 1k the river-moist wind blew cold and blunt as if straight from the mouth of ullr himself and, up in the valley plucking crowberry leaves sat two witches, deep in thought.

one or the other | narcissa black/dorcas meadowes & dorcas meadowes/marlene mckinnon | explicit | 3.3k dorcas becomes a murderer at eight o' clock on a friday night.

the last trial of peter pettigrew | peter pettigrew/james potter | mature | 20k | peter pettigrew must answer for his crimes on earth in a purgatory-stye court presided over by the overseer. a slew of characters from his life will be brought to the stand to testify either for or against him. he will be represented by his lawyer - hermione granger. a jury will decide upon his guilt.

strangers in a strange land | the four founders | teen | 7.5k helga, salazar, and godric dock in a strange land looking for the elusive fourth member of their team.

will you send me to hogwarts? | general audiences | 600 words a letter to the patil twins from their mother.

all the time in the world | roger federer/rafael nadal | mature | 5.6k roger has a choice to make, but time is running out.

my enemy, my proxy, my love | roger federer/rafael nadal | mature 4.4k “he is good substitute for you,” rafa’d once said, laughing. the statement had sounded uncomfortably like a truth waiting to crystallise. and then rafa had elbowed him lightly, smiling in that helplessly endearing way of his, and roger had cast it out of his mind immediately. it returns to him now, like a half-healed wound cut open again.

enough love | novak djokovic/andy murray | explicit | 2k the night before roger's retirement, andy and novak meet in london.

(the most) hopeless romantic | naomi osaka/iga swiatek | teen | 5k "i want to play her," she confided to kaja, later. "on the hard court i would like to."

“sure,” kaja said with a mischievous quirk of her mouth. “you want to play her.”

at the end of time | thor/loki | mature | 1k at the end of time, loki reminisces.

#sleepstxtic writes #drarry #hp femslash #tennis rpf #thorki #sleepstxtic masterpost

[carlandooo]

Carlos is a tennis player and Jannik is a famous singer/model AU

Mood board for my fic - 

"There’s someone that walks onto the stage from behind the scenes, and before Carlos is actually able to see who it is a couple of women (and men?) already start screaming excitedly. “Holy shit, it’s Jannik Sinner!”, he hears Lorenzo say in almost awe. Never heard of him, Carlos thinks, and then he sees him.

Holy shit indeed. On the podium stands a man who’s tall, with beautiful red curls, a guitar hanging over his shoulder, wearing a suit that clearly shows he’s also a model, and at that moment, Carlos knows he’s a goner."

#jannik sinner #carlos alcaraz #sincaraz #janlitos #tennis #tennis rpf

[kingfisherprince]

hiya fishball <3

for the trope mashup (and because you know me too well), 'flowers of romance' and 'in vino veritas, in aqua sanitas' >:)

hi hello is this not literally the hanahaki fic? sort of?

other than that, hm. let me make this interesting and do magical realism. vintage fisher. sincaraz. jannik has flowers that randomly grow in his hair. usually they don't mean much, except if you get him a bit drunk then the flowers start to correspond to his feelings. oops? carlitos has no qualms about using this to his advantage

#they just can't stay angsty for too long #(that one other idea aside) #tennis rpf #sincaraz #the right questions

[souvenir-de-florence]

its ok guys just read that one jannik & ben road trip fic if you need comfort from tonight

#jannik sinner #ben shelton #tennis rpf

[bluespring864]

Well. I guess I got the characterisation right. (this was published about 8 months ago)

[during a discussion of Roger's retirement]

"Yeah. I have some idea how that must have felt, and it's... well. I mean, not that I'd deserve anything remotely similar as a send-off -"

Nole interrupts him, a hand on his shoulder.

"But this time you're going to tell us well in advance, and let us decide what it is you deserve when the day comes, alright? Which I hope is quite far off, by the way."

The story is here if anyone is interested (slash, het, poly, AO3 locked).

#sorry for quoting my own writing #but... i mean #he basically said exactly that #andy murray #tennis rpf #tennis fic

[schumi-nadal]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you @yoellglia, @shambolicchaos and @rafasbiscuits for tagging me (I'm very late, but you're used to it), I love reading your answers and more, I love reading your works, please go on with writing sweeties ♥

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

I have eight works but two of them are just translations of two so my works.

Ce que la vie nous prend/What life takes from us (Titanic 1997 & Titanic 2012)

Not just a game (FR)/Not just a game (ENG) (Formula 1 RPF)

I will always believe in you (Tennis RPF)

Caught in the storm (Tennis RPF)

And baby makes three (Tennis RPF)

It's just a bad day, not a bad life (Tennis RPF)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

Wait, I need to do maths? 😫

114859 words if I'm correct and if my phone works 🧐

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I wrote a Titanic fic and a Formula 1 RPF fic an eternity ago (I really need to post the next chapters btw), some Tennis RPF too and I just started writing a MotoGP RPF oneshot.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Not just a game (ENG) - 80 kudos

Caught in the storm - 37 kudos

Not just a game (FR) - 29 kudos

I will always believe in you - 25 kudos

And baby makes three - 18 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, I always do! I write fics in small fandoms, we are a family so of course i'm answering to everyone! ❤

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Didn't finish it yet but probably: Ce que la vie nous prend/What life takes from us.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I don't know... maybe Caught in the storm. 🤔

8. Do you get hate on fics?

The only hate I get is from me Never, my readers are the best! ❤

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I tried, but I just can't, even if I'm the first one to read smut. 😂

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Well, Ce que la vie nous prend/What life takes from us is a crossover with the Titanic 1997 movie and the Titanic 2012 minseries. But it was not crazy I guess.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope, who would want to steal my garbage? 😂

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes. By myselft. That's it.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but I would love to if someone wants! 👀

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Well, I wrote a lot about Casper and Matteo (Ruudettini) power and at the moment everything is about Fabio and Marc (Mabio supremacy) BUT my all time favorite ship will always be Drarry (yeah, nothing to do with what I'm writing 😭).

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I WILL FINISH MY WORKS IN PROGRESS, IT'S A PROMISE!

16. What are your writing strengths?

Knowing that people enjoy what I'm writing is my biggest strenght 🥰

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I am unpredictable and irregular: a day, I can write 6-7 pages in a row in a few hours and the day after, I'm just staring at a blank page. 🥴

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I love it, I do it in English when I translate my works haha.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

First since I start writing for myself in middle school was a Bleach think. 🤣

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I don't really know, I love my writing for Ce que la vie nous prend/What life takes from us but Not just a game holds a special place in my heart too and I need to finish those works fr. 🤩

Tagging: Nobody, i'm so late doing it so I don't even remember who already did it 😂 but if you want to do it, feel free to tag me!

#ask game #tag game #ao3 #tennis rpf #motogp rpf #formula 1 rpf #fedal #rudettini #mabio #schuclerc

[theresonly1u]

There's Only One You 2024: Prompts closed, two week creation period starts NOW 🥳

955 prompts on AO3 here.

Spreadsheet of all prompts here by @tinybluebirdcloak (thank you!!)

Fanwork fills have maximum length: Fic: 2000 words // Podfic: 20 minutes // Fanart: 2 hours of effort // Playlists: 10 songs // Vids: 2 minutes // something else? follow those guidelines!

There is no minimum length requirement.

If you don’t want to write to a prompt but do want to participate, feel free to add your work to the collection anyway. You can claim the prompt labeled “There’s only one you”, which is for works unrelated to a prompt. It is the first prompt in the collection.

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INFO.

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Questions? Ask on tumblr or email [email protected]

Good luck everyone! I can't wait to see what you create!!

#sports rpf #prompt meme #ao3 #ao3 prompt meme #hockey rpf #baseball rpf #cycling rpf #football rpf #basketball rpf #tennis rpf #skiing rpf #rugby rpf #american football rpf #indycar rpf #formula 1 rpf #nascar rpf #olympics rpf #swimming rpf #i THINK that's all of them??? omg

[zingaplanet]

Rafael Nadal has never been in professional tennis without Roger Federer.

He won his first six Grand Slam titles against Federer, and first became world number one chasing Federer.

Federer was his greatest inspiration, rival, partner, and most importantly, his greatest friend in the sports that defined their lives.

#fedal #laver cup #tennis #roger federer #rafael nadal #tennis rpf #sports

[a-swiss-and-a-spaniard]

Hey <3

I would love to know about Runs in the family (and all of them but, let's start with this one 🥰😂)

oh and I was also wondering if you started writring the Ruudettini/Fedal one we talked about some months ago 🤭

Hii, I'll respond to the second part of your ask since I already answered the first one.

I did start that fic. And It's basically half done, I just haven't touched it in so long that it didn't make it to the list (I only included the ones I've recently opened/worked on) and I don't know if I'll ever finish it :/

Anyway, that one's called Meddling Gays and here's a snippet for you (ofc it's the bit that includes your incorrect quote):

“They’re cute. I would put them on a boat.” Rafa’s voice is hoarse from all the cheering but it easily cuts through the silence of the empty locker room. It’s just the two of them, the rest of Team Europe has stayed on court, waiting for the doubles to begin. Matteo and Novak are playing the last match of the day.

“You mean… you ship them?” Roger can’t suppress the giggle fit that follows. He loves teasing Rafa.

“You are spending too much time on twitter, no?” Rafa turns to him with that raised eyebrow of his, amused.

“Probably.” Roger admits, making Rafa chuckle. “You know, fans have started to call them Ruudettini”. Roger didn’t need to browse through the hashtag, which was full of clips and pictures of either Casper or Matteo staring longingly at the other, to realize what was going on between them —he’d seen it first hand already— but one tweet had brought him to the next.

Rafa shakes his head. “I’m serious with the boat. What do you think of bringing them to Mallorca with us?”

#fanfic writing #tennis rpf #fedal #casper ruud #matteo berrettini

[soronya]

And tell me in the tags about your second favourite!

#tennis #tennis rpf #fedal #Stefaniil #RuRu #rublanov #Feliciandy #Novandy #felinando #rafole #thierev

[kingfisherprince]

oh this ask game looks ridiculous...so let me make it more ridiculous by giving you 6 + 60 for delpole ;-)

bookshop au and a poorly timed confession? it's so on!

delpo owns the bookstore, nole (with glasses!) frequents it and asks for help reaching some of the books. does he need help? maybe not maybe he's just flirting lol and then one day he decides to confess as delpo is reaching up for a book and the book falls and breaks his glasses but it's fineeee

#delpole #the right questions #tennis rpf

[souvenir-de-florence]

that one 33k word sincaraz hunger games au actually killed me and brought me back to life

#sincaraz #tennis rpf #tennis #atp

[bluespring864]

would love to hear about that western au...

thanks for this, i love chatting about the WiPs I'm neglecting 🤭

Okay, so it's probably the closest i've come so far to writing a crack fic and it came from taking this picture of Holger earlier in the year that for some reason made me imagine him nonchalantly drawing a colt (don't ask me how my mind works, i don't understand it either :D)

So i thought - hm, if Holger was in a Western he would obviously have to be the (not very bad) baddie, so Casper could be the bored and slightly inept sheriff, and... and off i went, putting all of our tennis idiots in a Wild West setting! It's a Casper POV, and he's constantly exasperated by his clever horse Don Bajas, and wondering why Señor Nadal has sent him to such a godforsaken outpost, and then someone steals sheep from the Djoker family and he suddenly has an actual case on his hands. Seeing as I am starting to put way too many tennis players into this fic it will probably get much longer than originally intended but i hope i can finish it at some point this year!

#tennis rpf #tennis fic #tennis wip #my writing #thanks again for the ask! #if you want to read the first few paragraphs i'll dm them to you :)

[hydriotaphia]

Hello, Hy! For the ask game: ❤️, 👓, 🚀

Hey!! Thanks for playing - these were such great questions :D

For the Fanfic Writer Ask Game

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

Oh god, such a good question. I think this one nearly killed me and I literally re-read a bunch of stuff. I think it's probably this opening tbh:

Everything we cannot say (Farscape RPF; Ben/Claudia)

This is your favourite secret: when your hands leave his shoulders and slide down to the button on his fly – and he watches you intently the whole time, his own hands on your back, stopping you from sliding off his lap – when you flick it open, you can slip the tips of your fingers past his waistband and touch bare skin.

👓 What helps you focus when you write?

Silence or white noise; being in the mood; desperately wanting to avoid something IRL lol

🚀 Do you write for multiple fandoms? If yes, what is your favorite fic of yours for each fandom?

I don’t at the moment but I have! I won’t go through all since some were a one-off, but for the non-Bridgerton fandoms:

Everything we cannot say (Farscape RPF; Ben Claudia) (Explicit)

Our love stories are war stories (Gen Kill; Brad/Nate) (Explicit)

Armistice (Moonlight; Mick/Lilah) (Explicit)

A Very Bad Year (Tennis RPF; Roger Federer & Andy Roddick) (Gen)

#asks #writblr #fanfic writer ask game #farscape rpf #tennis rpf #moonlight #generation kill