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#😔

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Naomi Osaka during her press conference following her win over Daria Kasatkina in the final of Indian Wells, 2018. Unseeded, she beat the World No. 1 Simona Halep in the semi-final and two former World No. 1s, Maria Sharapova and Karolina Pliskova, on her way to win her first WTA tour title — making her the first Japanese player to win a Premier Mandatory (currently the WTA 1000 events) tournament title.

#<3

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writing something posting it being proud of it shaking at the bars of my enclosure screeching in triumph like some kind of zoo animal when people say nice things about it

#i turn into some kind of creature #in my defense that piece went through A LOT of workshopping and i was really scared ppl wouldn't like it #bc i spent so much time on it and i just didn't want it to be just like. meh you know

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#most of the time i do my entire library on shuffle #though sometimes ill do just the Spotify ‘on repeat’ playlist #also nico hiiiii #<3 #the main exception is if im trying to do work and don’t want to have to keep skipping every couple songs #(which is what happens if i shuffle mh entire library) #then i’ll shuffle a playlist #on repeat is great but it’s only like an hour and a half #so if im doing a long task and i want it to play in the background for a while with no worry of running out of songs #then yeah i do a full playlist

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i am not staying for madrid sorry but praying to the tennis gods to wake up to a naomi win paula win sloane win emi win

#pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls

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WHAT A FUCKING DAY OF FOOTBALL

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KAI!!!????!?!?!?!!!!???!??!!??!?!!!!

#60 MILLION DOWN THE DRAIN MOTHERFUCKER

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BENNY BLANCO

#LETS FUCKING GO I LOVE MY TEAM

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world #2 up for grabs at madrid

aryna must reach at least the semifinals to have a chance at maintaining #2, regardless of coco's performance

if coco reaches the semifinals (or further), aryna must win the tournament to maintain #2

if coco and aryna face each other in the final and aryna wins, aryna will be #2 by exactly 5 ranking points

if coco loses in the round of 32 or earlier, AND aryna loses in the semifinal or earlier, AND elena wins the tournament, elena will be #2

any other scenario and coco will reach a new career high of #2

#wta tennis #this is also all supported by the draw #coco and aryna and in different halves so they can only face each other in the final #elena and aryna are slated to play in the semis #very very interesting #i'm excited to see how it goes #iga's number 1 is still very much safe lol #even if coco wins the whole tournament and iga loses in the r64 they'll still be ~1750 points apart #though that could become very interesting depending on how they do in rome and when iga has to defend roland garros

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emi being the only flop to survive qualifying…

#claire OUT camila OUT katie OUT just kill me pls #and rinky not playing 🥲 #it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine #at least elina gets main draw most of the time

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“Men Used As Plot Devices” best ao3 tag ive ever written

#how do you make an ao3 tag a common tag #I want to be able to filter fics based on if the men are actual characters or just plot devices

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This is the image I was referring to, btw. Darwin Blanch reacted to his upcoming match in Madrid

#ik this is not the popular opinion but i hope darwin wins #i think that would be simply iconique

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?????? wdym

she got a cortisone shot at iw and the doctors told her she may have to keep getting them periodically if she wants to play for a few more years 🫠 and probably play less on hard courts and less overall

#she said 3-4 more years would be amazing #which idk. #1) players should feel free to retire whenever they choose #2) i know tennis players usually have shorter careers than footballers and that’s my frame of reference for retirement #but not having control over your retirement really…knowing you’ll probably have to stop within a few years #im just sad for her

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just listened to paula’s wta insider podcast episode literally what if i killed myself it’s so fucking over 😭

#i can’t even talk about it rn bro #ugh

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every time i post new writing i am consumed with the angst of being percieved

#ppl are always so nice in the comments so idk why i ever feel this way #but i'm just like 'oh god what if someone reads this and gets second hand embarrassment from how bad it is' LIKE #literally wtf who cares but also i care deeply and i just want ppl to enjoy what i write 😭 #but in order to do that i have to actually POST so people can READ it #but if i post then people CAN read it and that's horrifying #anyways lol #goodnight

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writing!!

#😭 #i made myself giggle sorry

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many thots abt the madrid draw but i will have to come back to discuss after i finish my paper lmfao

#inchresting