Episode Details

This is the post-Australian Open Mega Mailbag. Gill Gross answers your comments, including: What is the status of Carlos Alcaraz and his title draught, how do the elite backhands in the Australian Open semifinals stack up, is men’s tennis more consistent than women’s due to best-of-five, is Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner a sign of lack of motivation, is this current top-four ready to dominate, what can Sinner improve from here, is Daniil Medvedev the best one-slam player ever, how can tennis media get better and thoughts on Andy Roddick’s new podcast, an update on Three, my take on Patrick Mouratoglou’s Djokovic take, is Rafael Nadal’s stock up or down after January, revisiting my top-10 prediction, Alcaraz overreaction and expectations, plus much more!

00:00 Intro

01:53 Alcaraz Status

06:10 Elite Backhands

10:15 Men vs. Women Dominance

14:03 Djokovic Motivation

19:49 Tennis Outfits

20:30 Top 4 Dominance

23:45 Sinner Next Steps

27:13 Bopanna and Hsieh

29:27 More Comebacks

30:40 Best 1 Slam Player

33:06 Medvedev Style Change

37:36 Tennis Media

42:32 Three Podcast

43:56 Cazaux vs. Prizmic

46:53 Djokovic-Sinner H2H

48:04 WTA Consistency

50:22 Mouratoglou on Novak

56:26 Nadal Stock

59:50 Sinner Drive Volley

1:02:20 Sinner Surprises

1:06:12 Top-10 Prediction

1:09:39 Alcaraz Overreactions

1:13:20 Alcaraz Expectations

1:15:20 Hot Takes

1:18:09 Nadal Scheduling

1:19:40 Cam Norrie