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Mailbag: Why Some Players Play Certain Tournaments, and the Drop-Off in Serve-and-Volley

Hey everyone…

• The most recent podcast guest is 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, tennis’ Greek Freak who reached the semis in D.C.

• Next up is tennis impersonator Josh Berry, who was outstanding.

• We’re doing our annual U.S. Open tips week after next. If anyone has some additions, fire away.

A quick Midwest road trip dipsatch...

We’re going to lead with this today…

Last week we discussed Novak Djokovic and a persistent—if admittedly tired —tennis trope: why isn’t he more popular? The intent was simply to point out that ND’s achievements make him worthy of more affection than, collectively, he receives.