Top Players Threaten Boycott, Hailey Baptiste Interview & More | Love All w/ Kim Clijsters

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Tennis, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

4x Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters is joined by American star Hailey Baptiste fresh off her best result so far. After defeating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid and saving six match points, including two with a second serve and volley, Hailey sits down with Kim and Blair Henley to talk about mental growth, family sacrifice, and what fueled her breakthrough. Kim also shares personal French Open tips as Hailey heads to Roland Garros for her first-ever seeded Grand Slam. Kim and Blair also break down the prize money fight brewing in Rome, with the word boycott being thrown around in press rooms and reactions from Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, and others. Plus a full Kimformation breakdown of Marta Kostyuk's Madrid title, the historic all-female coaching final, and the back handspring celebration that took the internet by storm. 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 0:44 Kim's Life Update & Heading to Roland Garros 3:44 Hailey Baptiste Joins Love All 6:15 Baptiste’s First Career Grand Slam Seeding at Roland Garros 7:03 Kim's Personal Tips for Playing Chatrier & Lenglen 9:41 The Mental Transformation: Choosing to Stop Battling Herself 12:54 Saving 6 Match Points vs. Sabalenka & the Second Serve Volley 16:39 Family Sacrifice & the GoFundMe That Started It All 18:22 The Greenbrier Bubble: Dinner Between Kim and Venus 21:15 The Viral Racket Break Photo 27:53 Rapid Fire: Celebrity Followers, Favorite Shots & Life Off Court 33:17 Goals for 2025 & French Open Outlook 36:37 Henley's Headlines: Prize Money Fight & Boycott Talk in Rome 40:29 Kim's Take on the Boycott Debate & the Whole Tour's Future 46:06 Kim Formation: Marta Kostyuk's Madrid Title & Historic All-Female Coaching Final 48:45 Kostyuk's Return Game, Therapy & Freeing Herself from Junior Expectations 1:00:02 Rec Room: Blair's Weighted Jump Rope 1:03:55 Closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome to our new episode of Love All.
0:09.6	Really excited, again.
0:11.3	Like I feel very, very lucky that we get to have some really great women on the show.
0:19.0	And today is no other.
0:20.3	Haley Baptiste is joining us.
0:22.2	She is in Rome, had an amazing two weeks in Madrid where she beat Sabalanka, made it to the
0:27.6	semifinals of the Madrid Open.
0:29.5	And so we get to kind of pick her brain a little bit and talk about where she felt like
0:35.7	she started to feel more comfortable out there
0:37.8	and confident enough where she's able to beat players like Samblanca. So, um, really looking forward
0:43.1	to, uh, to that one. Yeah, I am so excited. Kim, how are you doing in life? How's life treating you?
0:49.1	Life is good. Life is good. We finally have some sunshine in New Jersey.
0:54.8	And so, yeah, we feel like we all handled the Disney trip well and everybody's back
1:01.2	into their normal routine of school and basketball and getting everything, everything done.
1:06.6	So life is back to normal.
1:08.2	And I actually planned on, I'm going to the French Open for a few days.
1:12.9	Yay.
1:13.3	I spent the week of qualifying.
1:15.1	Actually, I'm going to go out there and watch some tennis.
1:18.9	Boots on the ground.
1:20.1	I cannot wait to see the Kim Kleister's inside scoop behind the scenes.
1:25.6	Watch out.
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