Post-Australian Open Mega Mailbag

Monday Match Analysis

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

22:20 Sinner Next Steps

25:48 Bopanna and Hsieh

28:02 More Comebacks

29:15 Best 1 Slam Player

31:41 Medvedev Style Change

36:11 Tennis Media

41:07 Three Podcast

42:31 Cazaux vs. Prizmic

45:28 Djokovic-Sinner H2H

46:39 WTA Consistency

48:57 Mouratoglou on Novak

55:01 Nadal Stock

58:25 Sinner Drive Volley

1:00:55 Sinner Surprises

1:04:47 Top-10 Prediction

1:08:14 Alcaraz Overreactions

1:13:20 Alcaraz Expectations

1:11:55 Hot Takes

1:16:44 Nadal Scheduling

1:18:15 Cam Norrie

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