Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios will face each other on Sunday, December 28, at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena in a highly anticipated exhibition match billed as a modern-day repeat of the iconic Battle of the Sexes. The original encounter, played in 1973, saw Billie Jean King defeat Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in a match that became a landmark moment in tennis history.
Both players will enter the Dubai showdown convinced of victory.
Sabalenka has made it clear that she wants to demonstrate the physical strength and mental toughness of elite women’s tennis by competing against a male opponent.