Steffi Graf

(Jon Wertheim is on vacation this week but we have an esteemed fill-in on the mailbag: Monica Seles. If you think she's thoughtful and candid in this space, you'll want to check out her new book, Getting A Grip.)

As someone who covers a variety of other sports, how do think tennis players stack up as far as athletes? -- John, Hong Kong

Your latest mailbag really does scale unprecedented heights of xenophobia . Quite on top of your gloating about the downgrading of Hamburg (only the biggest tournament in a country that has given tennis Boris Becker...

It's Spring Break here in these parts, so a small Mailbag....

Let's start with an ode to Monica Seles, who was the subject of much mail. Seles, of course, officially retired on Valentine's Day. From tennis that is.