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“Is that what we’re talking about?” Carlos asks, quiet in the face of Jannik’s rage. But there’s something in his eyes, something equal parts alluring and afraid, like maybe Carlos is standing on some precipice Jannik can’t quite see still. “Winning?”
“Isn’t that all there is?” Jannik chuckles, but it’s empty even to his own ears.
“If that’s what you want,” Carlos says. It’s blank, as if Jannik is in control. As if he was in control all along, and Carlos isn’t the one who came all this way just to taunt him. “If that’s all you want here, then you’re right. Maybe cold and distant is the way to go.”
or, Jannik has lost the match, but when Carlos shows up to his hotel room the next day, he finds out there is more than one way to win.
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- Part 1 of The Sincaraz Cinematic Universe
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16 Jan 2026
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This way, Novak still stays, on court. A part of him does, through his charge, through Jannik. The same bitterness that had charged within him in London, in Turin, Malaga, Shanghai, Paris—(and all the others, every single one of them)—transformed, just slightly, a diagonal shift into something that tastes almost like pride.
That's me you're facing, but younger, stronger, sometimes even smarter.
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15 Jan 2026
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One particular comment had caught his attention.
@ballista : three sure things in life: death, taxes and Sinner absolutely crushing Carlos in his articles lol!!!!!!
Carlos’ curiosity had taken over, and he had found the article again, just to check the author.
Jannik Sinner.
So that was the stranger’s name, then.
His thumb had flown over the name, before clicking on it.
According to his profile, Jannik wasn’t only a tennis journalist. He had many contributions for the Formula 1 section, and also a few for the downhill skiing one. Most articles he had written, though, were about tennis, seemingly regularly for a few years. Carlos had taken a quick look over them, and had realized a few of those articles were about him- or, at least, talking about him. He had clicked on one of them, reading it quickly, before realizing they had been written with the same tone: always laudatory of his opponents, always harsh on him.
OR. Carlos meets a red-haired stranger in an elevator. Little does he know it's going to change his life forever.
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13 Jan 2026
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Carlos really likes watching Jannik.
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12 Jan 2026
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Knew What You Wanted (Boy You Got Him) by TrystedRomantic
Fandoms: Tennis RPF, Sports RPF
06 Aug 2025
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Jannik is no fool. He’s entirely aware of the effect he has on some men. However, until the ding of this recent notification on his phone, it never really occurred to him that Carlos Alcaraz might be one of them. Irritated grumblings from Matteo notwithstanding.
Not Carlos, who is so inherently sweet, beautiful, and precious. Carlos, whose honeyed words of praise and warmth always bounce about in Jannik’s mind for days on end.
Jannik Sinner has come to accept that he may be a genuine menace to society. But even man-eaters deserve a last meal…
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- Part 2 of I'm Betting on All Three
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12 Jan 2026