In Jon Wertheim’s latest mailbag, he holds a Laver Cup postmortem and discusses various candidacies for the Hall of Fame.
• Chris Almeida and I chatted on Friday about Roger Federer.
• You have likely seen this image, an instant classic, of Federer and Nadal following the match. To use what has become a musty cliché, “there’s so much to unpack here.” Quick story: while we were filming “Strokes of Genius” in 2018, Federer and Nadal, independently, made the same point about their rivalry, They were grateful for the presence of the other.