Kim Clijsters on Serena’s Return, Sabalenka’s Form & Vondroušová Case | Love All w/ Kim Clijsters

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**Kim Clijsters** (1:03)
Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of Love All.
It was my husband's number in college when he played for Villanova. It's our 21st episode, 21 was his number. So yeah, lots to talk about. I feel like since last week, since our last show, so many things have popped up in the tennis world. So I'm excited to talk to you, Blair.

**Blair Henley** (1:25)
Oh my gosh, it's never boring, Kim. I always, it's so funny. I think my friends are like, wait, what do you, like what do you talk about? I'm like, there's never a shortage. There is always something happening. You cannot sleep, you cannot eat. Something is happening in the world of tennis. So yes, lots to talk about today. Where are you, Kim?
What's happening in your life?

**Kim Clijsters** (1:46)
I'm still in my same hotel room in Antwerp. Heatwave going around this part of the world and dropped off my daughter. She's training near Brussels.
So she's going to be gone for a few days until Sunday, where she's actually playing a game in the arena where my husband coached. So kind of a nice full circle moment there. So I'll be very proud watching her on Sunday. Oh, that is so cool.

**Blair Henley** (2:15)
I love that. Well, I am still in Texas where it is also, Kim, very hot.

**Kim Clijsters** (2:22)
OK, isn't it always though?

**Blair Henley** (2:24)
No, it is. That's part of the joke that that's kind of our state of being in the summer.
Although I will say, I love the Euro, no air conditioning. I cannot stand in the summer in the US. And I grew up in Florida. I live in Texas now where I am, you know, it's blazing outside. And I need full on, you know, Antarctic gear when I go inside. I'm frozen indoors. So anyway, it's not my favorite. I would thrive in Europe in the summer. That would be totally my jam. But anyway, I am here for now. I'm actually leaving tomorrow to go to New York. Kim, we've talked a little bit about it, but Wimbledon is coming to Central Park. I am so excited.

**Kim Clijsters** (3:13)
This is so fun. So excited to see this first edition pop up in New York City.

**Blair Henley** (3:21)
I have questions about the logistics, but they are allegedly laying down a Wimbledon-grade grass court over a Woolman rink in Central Park, where currently there are pickleball courts. They are going to transform it into a Wimbledon wonderland. So I will be reporting from the ground for all of you.

**Kim Clijsters** (3:41)
Can't wait to get the information. I want to see if they actually got some of the grounds crew from Wimbledon to go over there and put the courts up.

**Blair Henley** (3:48)
No, they did.

**Kim Clijsters** (3:49)
They did?

**Blair Henley** (3:50)
I can confirm that they did. We have gotten a stamp of approval from the Wimbledon groundskeepers. So we'll have all the details for all of you in the next few days. I'm hoping to do some stuff on the Love All social channels. So yeah, that's to come. And then Kim will be at Wimbledon as well. So we're going to get some firsthand dispatches from Kim Clijsters from Wimbledon. So lots to look forward to. The Kimfluencer returns.
All right, Kim, let's head into Henley's headlines without further ado. As you mentioned, there's so much to talk about. And the first story is a heavy one. 26 year old former Wimbledon champion, Markéta Vondroušová has been sanctioned with a four year suspension by an independent tribunal for refusing a doping test back in December of 2025 And there's a lot to break down here. And I think maybe I'll start by just giving people a little refresher. So again, back in December, Markéta Vondroušová had an anti-doping or a doping officer appear at her door at 8 p.m. Now, this was outside of her whereabouts hour. So players 365 days a year have to tell the ITIA where they are going to be for one hour out of 24 in a day. I did not know, and you didn't know either, this is something we learned through this case, that players can also be tested outside of that one whereabouts hour. And if you make contact with the doping control officer, the tester, you then are compelled to be tested. So for instance, if they call your apartment and you answer the phone, that is considered contact, you then are compelled to be tested. If you are not, that is a refusal, and a refusal can be punished by up to four years of a suspension. That's where the suspension starts is at four years. Now we knew that this happened because Markéta Vondroušová posted about it in December. She posted a picture of the Doping Control Officer at her front door. And one of the things she said, a number of things in that post, but she said, quote, It's not about avoiding testing, it's about respect, respect for the rules that we follow and for the personal life that we are entitled to. This would indicate to me, Kim, she had no idea that refusing this test could result in a four year ban. She might have also not known that she could be tested outside of that one whereabouts hour.