#sincaraz maybe idk

[firstservepercentage]

tennis star trek AU cont.

doodles during watching today's (technically yesterday's) matches. still star trek AU, but their fun Starfleet academy days.

iga, being the only engineering major cadet, single handedly carrying their engineering groupwork. the rest of them are NOT helping

2. coco and holger playing (actual) 4D chess for their tactics test

3. xenobiology lab work time for lena & mirra & lorenzo! (if i trigger any bio people who need to spend 12hrs in labs each day i am very sorry)

no ben because hes not in any of these courses. sorry ben!

also my tennis au startrek thing:

[muirneach]

im planning my whole day around sincaraz tomorrow. might even take a different transit route so i dont have to take the subway and lose data service even if it adds 20+ mins to my commute. but i have to weigh the pros and cons on if i should be skipping class where we are likely to go over some possibly important exam information

[rolandkaros]

The thing with Sincaraz is even tho Jannik has seemed cold to Carlos on occasion, I don’t think they disliked each other( unlike how some make it seem) with igaryna I do think Aryna was genuinely tripping balls with how Iga became a multi slam champion so quickly in comparison to her. Idk if it ever got to the point of disliking each other, but you could tell the relationship took a hit after Iga’s success. Which makes them so much more interesting to analyze.

ok i do have to pull away slightly from my own projections...i actually want to talk about this more objectively because it is really really interesting to me

tbh yeah i don't think jannik or carlos have ever disliked each other. jannik maybe has been more indifferent or distant at points but it was always very clear (to me at least) that they had a good relationship on and off the court, even if it seemed one-sided at points. i mean the whole thing started with jannik being the one to say "i hope we play some more," so that sort of dispels any uncertainty that they're both actively participating in this rivalry/relationship.

the complicated(?) thing with igaryna is i think in part that yes, iga experienced so much success (including being a multi-slam champion) early on, but also specifically that this happened when aryna was experiencing literally the worst year of her career.

i honestly don't think prior to 2022 that aryna even cared that much about iga. 2021 was a good year for her, and you could clearly track the progress she was making from season to season. she was 22, turning 23, #2 in the world at the end of the 2021, with ash barty at #1 and iga down at #9. she even said that at the beginning of 2022, her goal was to end the year as #1 and to win a grand slam. so sure, iga had success, iga had a grand slam, but i don't think aryna had any reason to actually be primarily focused on iga over anyone else on tour.

and then 2022 happened and iga świątek happened and yeah. i do think it kinda drove aryna a bit crazy to see someone younger be that much better when, at the same time, she was completely devolving. it wasn't just the fact that she was losing but the way she was losing, and the way that iga was winning. she went 1-4 that year against iga (only win was at the finals), including the devastating uso semi loss. and yeah, if someone beat me four times in a row while i'm also going through the yips and have completely lost the ability to execute my most important shot...i would also be pissed!

quick interlude for some direct quotes from break point (which covered the 2022 season):

"this year, iga, she won everything. it was so annoying."

"yeah iga is the target for me. this season, she beat me like four times. i was really pissed off...so i really need this revenge for myself. i have to be physically, mentally ready for her."

"i have to be stronger than her. i have to be better than her. and with iga, if you lose your mind, then there is like, really zero chance to win."

won the semi against iga in fort worth and then lost against garcia in the final. so after thinking at the beginning of the year that she might have a chance at a grand slam and YE#1, instead she ends 2022 without a single title and at #5. meanwhile iga is #1 and broke like a gazillion records and had a crazy match winning streak and won two grand slams and also beat aryna four times in a row. so yeah, i think aryna's, as you said, "tripping balls."

in 2023 i think she's was still riding this wave, even after winning AO. you can definitely it see in their match-ups at stuttgart and madrid. ultimately i think the thing that changed their relationship most was aryna reaching #1, because a) i think for her that was a really important achievement and helped to ease the "performance gap" between her and iga and b) iga said that she felt like others were "chasing" her for #1 and that losing actually kinda helped to take the pressure off. so i think both of them "mellowed out" a bit. and additionally that their next match-up was cancún where the weather took precedent over everything else lmfao.

fast-forward to now, and they're at the point where iga is still ahead in terms of achievement but, as aryna herself said, they're keeping it interesting with the match-ups, and aryna is catching up (particularly in terms of consistency). 3 grand slams to 5 is wayyy different from 1 grand slam to 4.

but i think aryna still sees iga as this target in her head for what she's chasing, which is why you hear her talk about iga in such a way, like she's surprised when iga doesn't win and that she's always putting pressure on herself to make the match-up interesting/to make sure they get the chance to play or make sure the matches they play are good. conversely iga is very matter-of-fact about the rivalry and her respect for aryna, and i think talks about them more as equals. "thank you, aryna, for sharing the court with me...thanks for forcing me to be a better player" in madrid and "i think we're both players that deserve to be in semifinals and finals...she's a great tennis player, what can i say?" in cincinnati.

i dont even know how to wrap this up. i think i know too much. sorry. but my point is i get you. i think sincaraz was founded on this general respect and admiration, which then developed into a rivalry, whereas igaryna was so one-sided/unbalanced in terms of rivalries from the start that there had to be some proverbial bloodshed before they could start liking each other.

[fritzes]

(sorry im out of words rn lol but) still cannot stop thinking about the eros and psiche sincaraz au, idk if you have anything you want to say about it, maybe about the thinking/writing process? 💌

that one was so much fun to write, I honestly don't remember how I came up with the idea but it absolutely consumed my brain until I finished it. I was so obsessed with adapting a myth into tennis and all the little details that had to go into it. and every time I figured out a plot point or something (like each the first three tasks relating to one of the big 3) I got so excited and I just had to write it down. this legit might be my favorite fic I've ever written

[alcarenka]

I was tagged by @mythicalpoolnoodle thank you!!!

Three ships: I have to say sincaraz/janlitos (lit for example my user is because of them😭). I’m going to say Ruru and finally I will say Carlando (they’re the best bromance in f1 in my opinion)

First ship: I shipped a lot of people when I was younger, but I think it was or yuzuvier (because I watched figure skating when I was 7 years old approx) or Leonetta (from the serie called Violetta)

Last song: now I’m listening to music and the last song that I was listening to was pop tech by almacor

Last film: idk right now, maybe it was a Spanish film that it was in the TV while I was having dinner

Currently reading: I’m reading a Fedal book called “Rafa & Roger: Un recuerdo por la rivalidad más importante de la historia del tenis” by two Spanish journalists whose names are Antonio Arenas and Rafael Plazas (I put the link if someone wants it). I’m reading this book because it’s a Christmas present basically (Santa knows me very well i see 👀). Also, I’m studying my university notes if you count it as reading ���

Currently consuming: football (in Christmas principally the Premier League because it was the Boxing Day and Barcelona is not playing until January 2nd). BUT MOSTLY TENNIS. I do not know why but in this moment I need a lot this sport in my life (lit I’m staying up late watching the United cup and also waiting Rafa to play)

Currently craving: I’m craving bags of ham flavored potato chips because in where I’m living right now they don’t sell it, however, in my hometown yes :). In addition, as we are at Christmas and we’re in family, I’m craving for example the rice that my family does

I'll tag @faeryaester @belteppismo and @game-set-canet (no pressure to respond btw)