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Published:
2013-09-22
Updated:
2013-11-18
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40,836
Chapters:
15/?
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Grass Roots

Summary:

A tennis AU set in university, this story follows the big four and fellow players through student life and its associated dramas.

Notes:

Disclaimer: This is a fictional story and did not happen, no implication is intended in regards to the real people involved.

Ah, the good old college AU.

First off, this is an AU so for the sake of the story we are pretending couples aren’t necessarily together, ages have been warped for the sake of them being students together, an obscene proportion of the characters are gay/bisexual and lastly that they’re not professional tennis players.

Where possible I have made their degree choices based on what subjects they like in real life or in some cases, degrees they actually have; we need some normality in the AU after all.

I thought it would be easier for everybody to understand if I used an American university system, however being British I didn’t have the first clue of where to start so decided to put them in an English university; hopefully it’s not too confusing!

Chapter 1: How does the grass grow?

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1st Year (18)
Novak Djokovic (Latin & Linguistics)
Andy Murray (Mathematics)
Ana Ivanovic (History)
Kim Sears (English Literature)
Maria Sharapova (Biology) 

2nd Year (19)
Rafael Nadal (Mathematics)
Richard Gasquet (Psychology)
Jelena Ristic (Finance) 

3rd Year (20)
Tomas Berdych (Physics)
Janko Tipsarevic (Sports Management)
Stanislas Wawrinka (History) 

4th Year (21)
Andy Roddick (Physiology)
Roger Federer (Politics)
David Ferrer (Chemistry)
Marat Safin (Politics, Philosophy & Economics)