Australian Open First Round Mailbag | Monday Match Analysis

On the Australian Open 2025 First Round Mailbag, Gill Gross starts by discussing the future prospects of Joao Fonseca, before getting into your comments, including: is Carlos Alcaraz's new serve technique good, what were the surprises of Round One, how is Kei Nishikori so good in 5-setters, why did Daniil Medvedev go five sets with someone outside the top-400, Nick Kyrgios already talking retirement after his loss to Fearnley, Felix Auger-Aliassime's positive form, is prime Naomi Osaka a threat today, Stefanos Tsitsipas says he has improved despite results and much much more.

00:00 Intro

01:15 Fonseca Longterm

15:15 Draper vs. Kokkinakis

16:48 1R Surprises

20:00 Alcaraz New Serve

23:43 Analyzing Tips

25:00 Nishikori 5-Setters

26:15 Aussie Timezone

27:25 Hurkacz

28:10 One Serve

29:38 Tiafoe to Lulu

30:08 Madison Keys

31:40 Medvedev Scare

35:33 Djokovic Title Hopes

36:50 Kyrgios Retirement

39:25 YouTube Money

39:50 Novak Mental

40:15 WTA sliding

40:55 Empty Seats

41:20 Murray Coaching

42:42 Racket Evolution

45:00 Wii Broadcasts

46:45 Felix Form

49:28 Basavareddy Djokovic

50:30 Alex Michelsen

52:23 Tien or Basavareddy

53:50 Prime Osaka

55:00 Serve Changes

55:38 Tsitsipas Regression

58:55 GMP Backhand

1:00:30 Sinner Serve

1:01:03 GMP improvements

1:01:45 Court Speed

1:03:22 Fonseca Development

1:05:33 Hurkacz Dimitrov H2H

1:08:22 Rec Player Aggression

1:10:15 Federer Gracefulness

1:11:11 Kyrgios Social Media

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