Mailbag: What We Learned From the 2020 French Open

Hey, everyone….some French Open wrap-up Q/A.

Small point but in the GOAT debate, why do you (and many others) always say Djokovic has an age advantage over Nadal? There's less than a year between them! Federer and Nadal are not contemporaries, Djokovic and Nadal are. Commentators have also been saying forever that Nadal's style of play will wear him out early, yet he is still winning slams. Do you really think Djokovic will be playing years longer?

—Claire, Ottawa

• If these guys are averaging 1.5 majors per year, it’s an advantage to be a year younger. It’s not just the additional “draws,” the opportunities to win majors but the opportunity—in theory anyway—to do so without the other guys…