Tennis mailbag, with CNN's Candy Reid
(CNN) -- Do you have a question about tennis for World Sport Anchor Candy Reid? E-mail candy@cnn.com.
Q. While racket technology has allowed the average club player to hit the ball harder and with more pace, it has made the men's pro game boring and almost impossible to watch. Do you think that tennis will adopt equipment rules similar to baseball (wooden bats) that would slow the game down? We won't have 150 mph serves, but we would have a more enjoyable product.
Tom Wood
A. Well Tom, I don't believe tennis will adopt rules to slow the game down anytime soon. The technology of course keeps getting better but unless you have timing, racquet head speed and a strong arm, you won't be able to hit the ball that hard. Only on grass courts does the serve really dominate anyway. That's the great thing about the different surfaces. If you want to see long rallies, watch clay-court or hard-court tennis. If you want to see more serve and volley action then the grass-court game is the one for you. A player who manages to be successful on all surfaces is the complete player. Look at Roger Federer. He can adapt his game to what's underneath his feet and it's not like he's serving aces all the time. He can hit the ball flat or with spin or with slice, and he's good enough to stay at the back and play with the dirt-ballers, and his serve and volley game's top-notch too!
Q. Candy: What do you think about the computerized line calls? Will this technology be in place for the summer series leading up to the US Open? I hope so!!!
JJH-Alpharetta
A. I think that computerized line calls/electronic line judges in tennis are inevitable. Bad line calls can turn a match as everyone who has played tennis knows. The United States Tennis Association is apparently investigating the possibility of using modern technology at this year's Open and has been conducting trials on Auto-Ref and Hawkeye, which can monitor every line and offer computer-driven virtual replays. If the USTA do decide to go ahead and it works smoothly, then I'm sure the other Grand-slams will follow suit.
Q. With the recent comeback of Kim and Justine, it's amazing to have seen Justine win three clay court titles already and Kim 2. With the French Open in another week, I definitely see Justine coming in as the favourite and wining the tournament if all is well on her end. What's your take on this and also how far would you see Kim move in this Grand Slam after her recent keen injury?
Alzera Alfonso -- Toronto
A. I also believe that Henin-Hardenne is the favourite to win the women's French Open title Alzera, along with Rome Masters champion Amelie Mauresmo. H-H has been in great form since returning from injury -- the only thing that might stop her winning in Paris is her fitness. It's been a long time since she last played 7 matches in a row. Mauresmo and Kim Clijsters are both due a Grand-Slam title. The Frenchwoman has surprisingly never been past the quarter-final stage at Roland Garros but that's mostly due a mental block. She seems to tighten up in front of the home-fans and can't play her natural free-flowing game. Clijsters has also suffered from nerves on the big stage, but she like H-H has come back so well from injury that I thought the French could be hers -- that was until her latest setback. At the time of writing, the Belgian is in a race to be fit for the clay-court GS because of a knee-injury.
Q. Dear Candy, I just managed to read the top 5 players male/female. What do you think of Monica Seles? We all know that she was unbeatable for years and had it not been for the German attacker, God knows what she would have accomplished!
Cheers, fR, Prishtina, Kosova
A. Monica would certainly be in my top 10. She was a fabulous player in her prime -- and her prime would surely have lasted so much longer had it not been for Guenter Parche, who received a 2-year suspended sentence for his actions. Before the stabbing Seles had won 8 Grand-Slam titles in just four years and completely dominated the tour in both '91 and '92. She managed to win the Australian Open three years after the stabbing but was never really the same player and unfortunately it seems like her career is now over because of a long-term foot injury.
