Full Australian Open Recap w/ Kim Clijsters

[@brokeandpoor]

Nice work on bringing Kim aboard. Have always loved her.

[@vitorsherman]

Kim deserves a permanent or regular spot-she's the whole package: intelligent, sharp, honest, and incredibly charismatic.

[@johnp1]

Can't wait to see your interview with Madison Keys.

[@trommelbiel]

One of the sweetest ladies to ever play this game. Sweet Kim !

[@jasonenglisbe9646]

Kim is always so wonderfully open. I love hearing her talk about herself and her experiences.

[@ernestogarcia7481]

Man Andy and Kim have great dynamic when it comes to the analysis! Would love to see these two more often 👏

[@riosjankovic]

It is so amazing to hear Kim Clijsters talking w Andy. So nostalgic. I was born 1984 - they are my people. My G E N A R A T I O N!!!

[@ServedPodcast]

🙌🙌🙌

[@karina.kagramanova]

Same here!

[@nicksterp2805]

Sane

[@tlcp53b49]

Was born 2 years prior and have the exact same feeling except I saw Pete play at the US Open in the 90’s a number of times

[@steveboussom6564]

We appreciate sharing your friendships with Kim and Lindsay. You absolutely know our sport and I am glad that you talk about the men and women.

[@Ideadelightz]

Definitely. I just found this on KZbin and loving it!!!

[@KCNwokoye]

The best tennis podcast.

[@sandybee01]

Again - literally the. best. Andy is a great communicator, Kim might be the best person in the world, both offering a measured, thoughtful and expert perspective. Outstanding.

[@karina.kagramanova]

I really love these podcasts and Andy opened up from completely new side for me! I’ve been watching lots of tennis all my life, but i wish i understood better all the technical details that Andy is talking about. May be do a separate episode to explain them all :)

[@TheRumblewagon]

Love Kim Clijsters. Always brings to mind the infamous foot fault match! What a battle that was!

[@davebudge4526]

When Kim and Andy do their long form segments, it's the quickest hour of any podcast for me, so fun and good natured are their exchanges.

[@GaryK-c6h]

Great conversation with Kim. Really looking forward to the conversation with Madison Keys and Bjorn!

[@FigureNastics]

This is hands down the best tennis show/podcast we have these days! Also, I've loved Kim for many years and I always get excited when I see her name in the title. I can tell she is just an amazing human being and that warms my heart! Thank you Andy and team! ❤

[@rebacohen5798]

Another great edition of Served, one of the best ever, thank you. I love the interaction between Andy & Kim. 2 former top players and obviously good friends enjoying discussing the sport they love, fantastic! I'm very happy that Andy said at the end that you didn't talk enough about Sinner because you definitely did not. You are not alone nearly every other tennis pod and/or website has also focused on Zverev's problems. Jannik Sinner is one of a kind, he is a great tennis player with a mental strength that is simply phenomenal. In addition he seems to be a really fine and well grounded human being. Please Andy find the time to give us your thoughts and opinions on how he handles himself both on and off the court. Thanks again for best tennis pod/show there is ❤

[@RogerThatTennis]

Hahhaha Kim at the end: “I don’t know, I don’t know” 😂 gold

[@kingston4313]

Roddick channel is popping. Imagine if he gets Federer for a pod or nadal

[@pugame2]

Love Kim and her insight about the game. I was/am a huge fan of hers. Please have her on more often.

[@DamoRobbo31]

The crowd at the Australian Open has gradually changed over the years. One of my first times going was actually to see Andy and I was sitting in the corner behind the services box watching and trying to read the serve from behind the returner. It was so great. We were going yearly but the cost now is so high and very unaffordable. Especially early in the week when you're seeing nothing but walk overs on RLA. The actual tournament has changed a lot also with more access to drinking around the grounds where you see more of these sort of booing instances with the changing crowd. I guess it's good that there are more people that are getting involved but this is the flip side with bringing in the newer wave crowd I guess.

[@johnvanbreugel2569]

What a flex, Kim just casually showing a broken trophy and not giving a f…

[@joanlevis7857]

It’s great to have a woman comment on what it’s like being a woman working -whether tennis 🎾 or a regular job - and choices we have to think about and make. Bravo to Maddie. It was a fun and exciting match to watch.

[@RedesignYourLifeNow]

Loving the great conversations with Kim dissecting what Zverev needs to change to his first GS and their back stories in being champions. The best couch coaches ever ❤.

[@fori6377]

Would love to see more classic players as guests! Best would be Juan Carlos Ferrero, as a top rival of Andy when he was no. 1 and very relevant today as coach to Carlos Alcaraz!

[@Currymastuh]

I was just wondering when Kim would be back on the podcast. She's fantastic!

[@yorlandtennis]

This is a great peek behind the scenes of tennis champions. The thought process and feelings. Great podcast

[@scratchadvisors]

This show is a blast to watch. Thank you!

[@joycelebaron2582]

Everybody talks about Maddie's triumph over the Murderer's Row group of Collins, Svitolina, Rybakina, Swiatek and Sabalenka and I agree, that was great! But the match I watched that she almost lost and was really tight was her second round win, 7-5 in the third, over Romanian Gabriela Ruse! PS: Any time you have Kim on the show is a definite winner!!!!!!

[@dielaughing73]

She also took out Ostapenko, Kastakina and Pegula in Adelaide as part of this winning streak

[@snickaren111]

Kim is so sweet! Sinner indeed looks unbeatable, but remember that we use to think that about many players that was very dominant for a period of time - Hewitt, Courier, Medvedev to mention a few. They were all greats of course, deserved their slam trophies and NO.1 ranking. But things can change quite quickly. Sinner won his first slam only a year ago and being dominant even less. Don't put too much pressure on him. There is no guarantee he will win 10 slams or more just because he had a great year. And there are A LOT of young teenagers coming out of the starting blocks as we speak..

[@annetessari1004]

Keys semi final one of the best Ive seen in decades

[@TheArriviste]

Great commentary from Kim and Andy, you have such a great radio voice!

[@slc2466]

Love the Andy and Kim shows!

[@rimakavaliauskyte1646]

love this podcast guys 😍keep up the great work

[@poisenopinionator]

Respect is earned. I understand Kim and Andy feel the way they do - everyone deserves to have their opinion. The fact that he's been on tour over 20 years is additional evidence that folks have come to "see" and know who Novak is. Respect is earned, and some people get boo'd, others get 100% praise. Sorry but that's just reality. Don't see other greats receiving this treatment......because it's earned. Love you both - thanks for the pod!

[@hpfme]

Kim Clijsters is the real deal.

[@scottross8578]

Incredible episode. I love it when you and Kim nerd out and share your insights. I related to everything you both said. Particularly of interest was the human frailty of a young player in the moment and those of us who are observers often saying things that are short-sighted at best or insensitive at worst. On one of your last points, some people are selfish and morons and they prove it with their actions and words far too frequently. Thanks for another great listen!

[@isaacomalley-laursen6675]

Kim Clijsters episodes are always the BEST episodes!

[@sherrie781]

I love when you have Kim on the podcast. I enjoy listening to both of you talk about tennis. Excited about the next podcast!

[@joacocichello]

Nice one!! Great show guys

[@baydenthomas6241]

No. Andy. We want to see 3 full sets of hingis and clijsters, thank you ahahaha

[@tfjzz]

oh man I wish we had access to these kind of conversations of elite players when I was a kid 20-25 years ago .. I have written it before and going to write it again - I have learned so much about the intricacies and secrets of tennis from this podcast ..I grew up poor and we could not afford tennis lessons, I am so happy to be able to learn now .. excellent input from Kim too!

[@patrikbjoerklund]

Keep it up Andy, great content throughout the AO - love it. And first

[@Camille.I]

Best tennis show on any platform period

[@melatomic]

Agree

[@Itamoren2024]

Zverev need to get out of this mentality that he has to win a GS. Listen to what Keys said. At one point she said she just has to accept whatever acchivements she made and be happy about it and not to put pressure and stress about winning GS or whatever. And listen to Monfils, he is/was not playing to win a GS. Not to worry about what other people's opinions or ending up as never win a GS in history or whatever. That is the key (no pun intended) When you put the burden down your mental, the win is going to come. If it never comes you can still be okay with being the 10 GS semifinals. That is an achivement to and not many of players acchive that.

[@antoniusdesir5585]

Facts

[@rebacohen5798]

Madison also said she went through a lot of therapy that enabled her to do this. Whilst I agree with what you say it's extremely difficult to actually achieve. I'm not a Zverev fan but I felt sorry for him on Sunday.

[@rosevillewoman2055]

Kim is forgetting that Zverev has also been having to deal with a very personal issue issue that he dealt with for years. He was crying not only because he lost a very tough match. Roddick gave really good analysis of Zverev’s game. I hope Zverev will get another coach that can help in making more improvements to his game to finally achieve his goal.

[@ahmedbebars6844]

Johnny Mac just got served a big ass slice of humble pie.

[@user-os7xb9fq8q]

awesome episode. Kim is always great. Also, excited for the Madison Keys episode!

[@eduardorm4260]

Greetings from Brazil guys. Watch out for our boy Fonseca. Love the podcast.

[@tlcp53b49]

Always loved watching Kim play, such a nice person on and off the court

[@johnvanbreugel2569]

You had me at Kim Clijsters

[@demetriushicks4771]

I love Kim Clijsters!

[@enzopopp4636]

Served is literally the best tennis podcast there is!!!

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

The Queen! Clijsters and Henin were next level.

[@AshleyKarys]

Aww Kim green is your colour! So pretty! 💚

[@lsb9073]

Wrong! This is Kim & Hingis, of course ppl want to see them play. These arent baseline bashers - it'll be great fun

[@Pdjohnners]

💯 agree. One of the few times I've thought Roddick made it about him to denigrate others. Also, he doesn't come close to their achievements. Maybe it's the difference between Americans and we Europeans.

[@StewNWT]

Hingis and Clijsters have made all court skills

[@MrLuka977]

Great job as always, this is truly one of the best sports podcasts, let alone tennis. I have to say it was a little disappointing that you title the episode "AO Recap" and you barely mention the men's winner. I get that it's an American show and first time winner Keys deserves the majority of the chat, but leaving what Sinner accomplished to a discussion on "what can Zverev do differently" and to a question in the last minute on "what would you do against Sinner?" without even answering it, it seemed a little disrespectful to a player who won the last 2 major titles.

[@Pdjohnners]

Actually Hingis is on record as saying she would trade one of her AO titles to have a French win.

[@ahsansyed6545]

Amazingly amazing show guys, love Kim’s presence 👏💪👍🤩

[@Ideadelightz]

Love love love Kim! Thanks Andy. Love your channel. Love Grace and Frankie. My friend got me into the show.

[@speechguyUSA]

Maybe someone from the Aussie Open will see the podcast & offer to fix the trophy for Kim. lol

[@lenwelch2195]

He’s been beaten by a better player of the day in these slam finals. He didn’t choke.

[@StuartHessGunner1989]

Ok Kim Clijsters having one her major titles in pieces was not something I expected. Brilliant. There must a trophy repair person somewhere in Belgium right? 🤣

[@isabellasmith8377]

Same thoughts Andy! Zverev’s forehand backswing is so round-about and idk if he uses deltoids and back muscles instead of mainly forearm and wrist power. His prep is way too long for him to match Sinner’s speed

[@kokopeds8588]

how can you not love Kim ? she's so nice and lovely.

[@annettegarneau5061]

There’s too much bad energy around Zverev. Has he sought help since his violent explosion in Mexico? He may be well served by some help.

[@evasaccomandi7151]

Very interesting analysis and insights from great tennis minds. Thank you for the content, keep it up!! 🤗

[@nicorsar]

Really appreciate these discussion points. Watching tennis just doesnt unravel or unpackage these details. This channel is great! For Andy's point about Zverev's tendencies and swing production - is he best suited to win the FO?

[@kevinhampton6329]

Listened on Apple Podcasts BUT had to come back here to see the AO trohpy! haha

[@ServedPodcast]

😂

[@Pdjohnners]

Obviously people want to see Hingis and Clijsters play. I watched Hingis recently and she's playing really well. And more interesting than the current crop of grunting, shrieking ball bashers.

[@melatomic]

Totally huge interest.

[@ChristineLeemans]

Always awesome to have Kim on and can I just say that you look great Kim and the color of your sweater suits you SO well! Love the color ❤. Thank you for your valuable input ☺️

[@leslieadkins6276]

Congrats on the new sponsor!

[@leslieadkins6276]

Kim is the best no matter the tennis topic. Glad she is well.

[@jayruu77]

Love the pod fam and the insight both Andy and Kim bring to the show! Keep up the great work! Also tell Kim she can use JB Weld on her trophy, it's magic sauce for us normies that can't weld or want to pay for a pro to do it. Cheers!

[@mjsucf09]

Kim’s splits were iconic. I loved her in to 00’s.

[@olgadottir1528]

This is not about Djokovic. The crowd shouldn't boo or shout insults at players, interrupt their game. The players work hard to perform to be treated like that. Also, the players shouldn't shout at the referees, break rackets and cameras, hurt themselves, men players shouldn't change their clothes on court when women are not allowed to do the same. Really, what behaviour do we expect when organizers, media and players want a match to be also a show?

[@707ladytee]

Always was a Kim Clijsters fan😊…it’s great to hear former player’s perspective. Please, Kim ask Tennis Australia to send you another trophy.

[@rioollie]

Please consider Madi and Bjorn 'overlapping', at least for a few well-chosen questions/topics. Thanks! Can't wait!

[@utetennisfan5458]

So happy for Keys. I think she's going to be gunning for Wimbledon this year. Sabalenka as well. Madison has the highest win rate (75.9%) after Venus (79%) on grass, so if she's healthy, will be another dark horse for the title.

[@lindawright3455]

Kim is right being too young and not ready. Look at Emma Raducanu. She's ranked 50 something, which is in the top 100 so not that bad, but Leylah Fernandez is ranked higher around 27. Granted Emma has been ridden with injuries but was she really ready to win? It's possible. I hope for her sake that if winning before ready wasn't good for her, it doesn't keep her from rising back up the rankings.

[@God1stForever]

Kim won 41 titles & Justine won 43, the great Belgian 🇧🇪 rivalry

[@paulelverstone8677]

Always nice to have Kim on the show - look forward to the one with Maddie. I think perhaps only JW had her to win but she really did take those matches away from her opponents - really pleased for her. Treatment of Novak was possibly the most disappointing thing I've seen on a tennis court. Some people just don't get it: these players aren't there to run themselves into the ground for you imho. And as a BTW; Roddick's post-match interviews were epic!, whether he won or lost. Sometimes his post-match was better than his performance on-court... 😁

[@andreasnordin9023]

Awesome episode. Great stuff. Great channel Andy!!

[@elainepotgieter9403]

Kim with her broken Aus open trophy 😅😂 I would love to see the faces of people in the trophy shop if she had to bring that in to be fixed 😂😂

[@ellencourtney7187]

When I see Novak finally dealing with some injuries I just think about how Rafa had to manage constant injuries, pain and long absences from the tour for his ENTIRE CAREER and yet he still accomplished everything. Amazing. Too bad 2/4 majors aren’t on Rafa’s favorite surface. Okay, I’ll stop now

[@ShaneGrecian]

What 2 grand slams are not on Nadals favourite serface?

[@Smithy2204]

I get what you’re saying and agree Nadal is phenomenal, but you’re acting like Djokovic’s limited injuries have been entirely down to luck and you are ignoring the fact Djokovic has changed nearly everything about his diet, mentality, and training to keep as healthy as possible.

[@DaveOwen-vn6ie]

​@@ShaneGrecian The point the previous comment was making is that there are TWO hard court majors compared with only ONE clay court major

[@Zain-mg3yk]

Rafa accepted his fate, his mental strength is unmatched Being born with a congenital degenerative disease made him deal with more than other players. His career was on borrowed time and knew it could end anytime. He couldn't make long term plans He missed 18 GS, +\- 40 events and had to watch his career pass him by, a few times. His rivals kept playing You have to respect his mental strength. Living with constant pain which you don't get a break from. The disease weakening his joints and body. He is incredible.

[@ac9185]

Can we please have Kim on more! After Indian wells and Miami since she won the sunshine double 😊

[@dani__crocs]

LMAO at the broken trophy 😂😂😂

[@Zenavesta]

Please bring Kim in on the podcast with Maddy! 🙏🏽

[@BOZ_11]

47:45 -- yeah but did people question Rafa or Roger over injury? The 90s were all about Courier, Sampras and Agassi, but we never had this question over these men (dating myself here). With Novak, it's because he fibs all the time; how many tactical medical timeouts has this man taken?? It drives fans crazy that he does it so frequently, and comes out from the back a different player!

[@Zain-mg3yk]

It was always easy with Rafa as he spent a lot of time off Tour. Missing big events means you are dealing with serious issues. More so when you are still winning titles when you are on Tour It shows you are missing out on events which you could possibly do well in. Roger played through his back issues and hid them earlier on. When his knees were bad he went tour. He couldn't hide those. He was relatively ok healthwise until 2016. After that, he faced serious knees n back issues The performance during the injury period is scrutinised. They had noticeable differences. That helps with the criticism. Mostly going off tour means you are healing, takin care of the issue

[@707ladytee]

Spot on! I’m glad someone said it! For those who followed tennis about 15 years ago or so (like myself), knew of Djokovic’s retirement from matches. Much so that ppl because suspicious. No one should be booed if they cannot continue playing, however in his case it made one wonder if it’s legitimate or not. I guess folks did not forget those days.

[@BOZ_11]

53:00 - Roger never quit mid-match in 24 years. if you can't play, withdraw between matches. that way people can get refunds

[@parkercrossland410]

It's not any different than if he sprained an ankle on set point and couldn't continue. It's just about how people perceive the injury. If it doesn't look to the crowd like an injury is physically affecting you, the crowd assumes you're fine and should be able to play. Retirements are generally super uncommon deep into slams because deep runs are so rare for most players. Djokovic is one of the few who doesn't need a miracle run to reach the same point again, and wasn't willing to risk possibly missing a few months as the injury started to affect him more and more. In his position I likely would've done the same thing. I, the player, absolutely am going to prioritize my needs over you, the fan. Is it unfortunate for fans? Sure. But a player doesn't inherently owe dick or balls to fans in terms of match length. Djokovic thought he had a decent chance to be physically capable enough to win, but as the match progressed and injury become more troublesome this changed.

[@tylerEN]

Also, might I respectfully add, Tennis Australia isn’t a charity. They aren’t expected to hand out refunds to patrons willy-nilly just because a player retired mid-match. There was a mixed doubles match that I recall was played just before the No-Zv match. They also scheduled a legends doubles match after to try and mitigate the crowd. Hypothetically, if all the matches were washed out due to rain (unlikely given we have many arenas in Melb Park with retractable roofs), then sure, a refund may be on the cards. I’ve been going to the tennis for over 35 yrs and frankly, I can’t remember the last time I was given a refund simply because a match couldn’t be completed due to injury. “Fans” really need to grow the fk up and realise the health of the players comes first, and not their hissy fits at being unable to get their moneys worth.

[@ShaneGrecian]

I think Zverev not winning a GS is not as bad as everyone is saying. Since Zverev made his first semi at 2020 Aussie Open, 14 of 16 winners were Djokovic, Nadal, Sinner and Alcaraz. Go back 10 years, 35 of 40 were won by Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Alcaraz, and Sinner. Wawrinka had 2 while Murray, Them and Medvedev had 1 each. Zverev has had opportunities, but he's also faced the best players in history. Worst thing to do is to turn this into a something.

[@DaveTaylor-fp7mg]

Is it possible for Kim to be any more charming?

[@mariepelletier3020]

Yup, the athlete's are treated as gladiators by the sport of tennis and probably any sport. So the sappy stuff that the commenters talk about to fill time is sentimental drivel. Doesn't even touch the state of the the athlete as a person, much less the psychology of the player that the commenters can't really know. Good show with Kim. Thank you.

[@CarolineRofe]

Another great episode. Can you recommend other tennis podcasts when I listened to yours and have withdrawal symptoms for a week?

[@ness_mini]

Try "The Tennis Podcast". Those Brits have a wealth of tennis knowledge and are great storytellers. Also, Ben Rothenburg's podcast "No Challenges Remaining" has some really great (something hot) takes!

[@kristib2030]

Consider Nothing Major with Sam Querrey, John Isner, Jack Sock, and Steve Johnson. While mostly ATP focused- the banter and friendly snark is similar.

[@BBGTheProfessionalPaint]

Gill Gross Podcast, it's incredible.

[@finntroll1000]

Novak at this point of his career turning 38 in a few months from now . He needs to pick what are these important tournament he should only play and just skip other tournaments .I know it will not help his ranking but if he wants to prolong his career I think he needs to do this . Roger and Rafa was still competitive and still winning big titles towards in their late career but when injury hits them they never recovered and unfortunately decided to retire even though they still loves to play .

[@carolhafer4126]

Andy, no one is mentioning how close he was playing Rafa at French Open before that terrible injury. All that work to come back and not get one yet. And working through that mentally when you knew you could have won it. Please talk to this at some point!

[@wittyd-e3c]

Close to winning....a set "maybe" he was already a set down against a player that in 116 matches, lost only once after winning the first set. To say he was "close" to winning that match and therefore RG 22 is crazy talk.

[@excedrinworldwide]

Me screaming at the screen like Kim can hear me

[@Alicia-bt6kc]

thx

[@quddusjoelmiller3621]

Andy, How many more slams will Madi win this year?

[@martyna2371]

Kim and Andy yay, best duo

[@kobybonta8949]

The Zverev Sinner matchup is interesting. Zverev doesn't have the forehand mechanics to dictate direction under rally pace with Sinner. I think Zverev needs to up his risk profile on the backhand. Backhand to backhand doesn't bother Sinner so instead of the goal being to get into that exchange he needs to sometimes go big down the line or angle out to try to get an advantage. If he stays cross you give sinner the ability to dictate. That's really the only realistic thing I can think of without changing what Zverev has to work with.

[@nicksterp2805]

Always loved kimmy