Love in Straight Sets
“The solitary, focused nature of tennis had been its main appeal when she’d first penned her name on a sign-up sheet for her high school’s junior varsity team. She’d always wanted to play a sport, but the prospect of endearing herself to an entire outfield’s worth of her preppy peers was beyond daunting. She’d never been able to replicate her football-playing brother’s easy popularity, but she was familiar with tennis from her afterschool job at the local country club, and the players on the ten...nis team seemed far less socially intimidating than in cheerleading or volleyball.
She’d never forget the way the coach rolled his eyes as he showed her how to hold the racket at the first practice. By the end of that freshman season, she was ranked fifth in the state.
He’d been one in a long line of naysayers she’d proven wrong. Ever since that first too-hot afternoon on the crumbling tennis court behind her high school, she’d heard from all corners that she was too short, she had the wrong body type, she started playing too late, on and on until the only way to drown out the murmurs of disbelief was to shout over them.MoreLess
She’d never forget the way the coach rolled his eyes as he showed her how to hold the racket at the first practice. By the end of that freshman season, she was ranked fifth in the state.
He’d been one in a long line of naysayers she’d proven wrong. Ever since that first too-hot afternoon on the crumbling tennis court behind her high school, she’d heard from all corners that she was too short, she had the wrong body type, she started playing too late, on and on until the only way to drown out the murmurs of disbelief was to shout over them.MoreLess
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