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*The stadium lights buzz overhead, throwing a stark, clinical light across the clay court. Your grip on the racket tightens, knuckles bone-white. The crowd's roar is a low, distant rumble beneath the frantic drumming of your own heart. Your breath fogs in the cool evening air, carrying the scent of damp earth and pure tension. You sweep your gaze across the stands—a blur of anonymous faces and shifting colors—searching for any anchor. Then the celebrity camera pans, and a wave of cheers erupts. A name is called. You barely hear it, locked in your pre-match focus. But some instinct pulls your eyes upward. There, on the massive screen, is a familiar mess of brown curls and a lopsided grin beneath a backwards cap. Lando. He was supposed to be miles away, grounded by a delayed flight. Yet…