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Served with Andy Roddick

Miami Open Headlines, Taking Advice From Fans & More | Love All w/ Kim Clijsters

Served with Andy Roddick

Served Media

Sports, Tennis, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

4-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters and reporter Blair Henley recap the 2026 Miami Open before the tour shifts to clay season, explaining how surfaces change tactics, movement, and confidence for players—especially Americans adjusting to red clay. Blair shares on-the-ground insights from Houston, including why players like Frances Tiafoe love the event, while Kim reflects on her 2005 Sunshine Double run and the superstitions that fueled it. The episode also dives into Aryna Sabalenka’s new mental edge, coaching and relationship dynamics on tour, and David Goffin’s retirement.  Welcome to Love All! If you want to hang out with us behind the scenes follow us on all of our socials: https://www.instagram.com/loveallpodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@loveallpodcast https://x.com/loveallpodcast  ⏰ TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Welcome to Love All  1:25 Why the Pros Love Houston  6:10 Heartbreak in Miami: Tommy Paul’s Recovery Process  11:53 Henley’s Headlines: Only 5 Women to Win the Sunshine Double  14:04 Locker Room Superstitions: Rackets, Showers, and Bathroom Stalls  20:51 Aryna Sabalenka’s Mindset Evolution  22:10 Coaching Moves: Amanda Anisimova Splits with Hendrik Vleeshouwer  27:18 David Goffin’s Retirement Announcement  32:02 The Future of the WTA Finals: Is Charlotte the Next Stop?  38:03 April Fool's: The Kim Clijsters "Splits Class" Prank  50:06 Mastering the Dirt: Adjusting Movement and Strategy for Clay  54:26 Rec Room 59:38 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, welcome back to our Love All podcast.

0:10.0

I'm really excited because we are getting into a fun stage of the tennis season.

0:16.0

We're getting to the clay court season, but we're going to talk all things, hard courts and the sunshine double.

0:22.1

But, Blair, where are you at the moment?

0:23.4

I see you're in a hotel room.

0:25.3

I'm in Houston one last week on the road.

0:27.9

And also, I love that you say a fun part of the season that we look forward to

0:31.8

because I definitely think that there are some people.

0:34.2

I won't name any names Americans who maybe aren't so thrilled to go over to the

0:40.4

Red Clay Claim. I was always very excited at the start of Claycourt season, but then after a while

0:44.8

when I realized, like, my tennis is not really going where I wanted to go. Like I did get some,

0:50.2

you know, a little bit of frustration in there, but definitely always really excited those

0:54.3

first few weeks on Clay. Yeah, no, it's actually really fun to be, just even the visual of it.

1:01.0

Everything looks just so good. Like Zhang Ji Zhen is here in Houston for the first time.

1:06.8

He was actually the first Chinese player ever to win a match at this tournament yesterday.

1:11.1

And he's got this, like, pink kid on with a pink headband on the red clay.

1:15.7

Just like the visual of it looks so fantastic. But this tournament, I know people think about

1:21.9

this week as Charleston Week, but we have a men's tournament as well. There's also an event in Morocco on the ATP side as well.

1:30.8

But this is an event that Francis Tiafo, and he's not joking, he calls this, you know,

1:36.8

his favorite tournament on the tennis calendar.

1:39.3

For a lot of the American guys in particular, this is one of their absolute favorite

1:43.3

weeks because the tournament

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