A Horrendous Djokovic Prediction & Clay Storylines | Monte Mailbag

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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