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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