On this week's Mailbag, Gill Gross answers your comments, including: did Madrid water the clay courts to give Carlos Alcaraz an advantage over Jan-Lennard Struff, how much influence does Juan Carlos Ferrero have over Alcaraz's success and how have they used on-court coaching, is Struff a contender at Roland Garros, how are American commentators different from European ones, why has Felix Auger-Aliassime struggled in 2023, responding to data-driven arguments that Roger Federer is a weak era champion, examining recent fields at the NextGen finals, should Roland Garros have an asterisk, what are the differences between clay surfaces, advice to young tennis media, why Stan Wawrinka fared better against Novak Djokovic than Federer and Rafael Nadal.

00:00 Intro
00:56 Madrid Alcaraz Favoritism
05:38 Juan Carlos Ferrero
12:12 Jan-Lennard Struff
15:59 American vs. European Commentary
18:55 Felix Auger-Aliassime
23:52 Federer Weak Era
32:00 Next-Gen Finals Fields
36:00 Asterisk Majors
40:30 Clay Differences
42:44 Advice for Aspiring Tennis Media
47:14 Wawrinka vs. Djokovic





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