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**Kim Clijsters** (1:02)
Hi, everyone. Welcome back to a Love All episode. I feel like it's been such a long time, Blair. I am like a little bit out of it. I'm in sweaty Belgium, hot Belgium. I'm sweating. There's no air conditioning anywhere, but it's nice to see that you're in the, you're at home in the air conditioning, probably.

**Blair Henley** (1:20)
I am at home. It is also blazing in Texas, but yes, there is AC.
I will say though, as you know, Kim, you're in my prime conditions. I was probably the only one who was at a hotel last week and had maintenance come up because I could not turn the air up high enough, like to be warm. I was too cold.

**Kim Clijsters** (1:40)
That sounds lovely right now. I just want to be under a thick blanket and fall asleep, like with a cold nose or something.

**Blair Henley** (1:47)
Oh my gosh. I love that you've got the hot weather, very trendy slick back going today, so you're ready.

**Kim Clijsters** (1:54)
It's not really for trend. It's more out of, I don't want to upset anybody. The frizz is really bad.

**Blair Henley** (2:02)
But also happy anniversary, Kim. We are recording a little bit later today because you had an anniversary dinner tonight.

**Kim Clijsters** (2:08)
Yes, yes.
Both Brian and I, we forgot that it was our 19th anniversary and I got a message from my friend this morning. She was like, hey guys, happy anniversary. And we were like, wait, what today? And then we just checked the date on our phone and we were like, all right. Well, and then Brian, we went to dinner and yeah. So a little later recording than usual. I'm at my grandma's house and hence the beautiful curtains.

**Blair Henley** (2:34)
And love grandma's drapes.

**Kim Clijsters** (2:36)
Drapes, yep. So, but yeah, excited to get back into a routine with the podcast and I feel like we really have a lot of things to catch up on.

**Blair Henley** (2:46)
So much. Before we get to headlines and all the things we're going to talk about today, when you look back at your Wimbledon experience on the ground this year, curious what sticks out to you?

**Kim Clijsters** (2:59)
Well, a lot of things have changed. I think my first impression walking into the millennial building, I feel like so many things have changed and I just had to get used to like my surroundings for a little bit like a wait, like where does this staircase get me to? And so like what's happening and the elevator is gone. And so that was kind of I think the first impression.
But then to me, every time, like it doesn't matter when you walk the grounds or, you know, it's such a beautiful club. Like it is just to walk around there and to look at the flowers, take pictures. It's like you're walking through like a botanical garden. So, you know, like and then you hear tennis balls being hit at the same time. But it is such an amazing place. Listen, they invested all this money into building two roofs on Centre Court and Court One and didn't have to use them this year. Maybe one time or a couple of nights where they needed it more for light than anything. But super hot, super hot. And a little bit on a negative note and nothing towards the club. But what I'm feeling sometimes now is, how did I live that lifestyle like for 15, 20 years like going from one tournament to the other and being in that environment? Like I sometimes feel very, yeah. Like, and I see sometimes like, like how, I shouldn't say toxic, but like how like creepy it can get a little bit. And now that I'm maybe, you know, sitting around and watching the environment a little bit more, and maybe I just didn't notice that before when I was kind of in my tunnel and just with my team all the time.