On the Mailbag, Monte Carlo 2025 edition, Gill Gross starts by addressing Novak Djokovic's shock loss to Alejandro Tabilo and then answers your comments, including: why did the ATP Challenger Tour partner with Tennis Channel, explaining the har-tru surface of Charleston and Houston, title runs last week from Jenson Brooksby and Flavio Cobolli, why is Monte Carlo non-mandatory, takeaways from Carlos Alcaraz’s GQ Spain interview, Iga Swiatek’s current slump, is the ATP currently wide open, moving on clay, Jack Draper on clay, comparing Jakub Mensik with Alexander Zverev, will Jannik Sinner play well when he returns in Rome, and MORE.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Djokovic
10:25 Challenger TV
16:05 Har Tru vs. Clay
18:20 Cobolli & Brooksby
24:17 MC Non Mandatory
27:30 Alcaraz GQ Interview
32:50 Swiatek Slump
41:05 Wide Open ATP
44:55 Alcaraz Longterm
48:46 Clay Movement
50:56 Draper Clay
53:00 Mensik-Zverev Comp
55:57 Davidovich Fokina
1:00:15 Sinner Return
1:01:38 Ben Shelton
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