It’s the Battle of the Sexes between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka with special rules for the match.<\/p>\n
The women’s world no.1 takes on the Wimbledon finalist in a contest with some unusual stipulations.<\/p>\n
Will Kyrgios or Sabalenka win the exhibition match in Dubai on December 28?<\/p>\n
The Sporting News has all the details about the contest.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Battle of the Sexes: History of men vs. women tennis matches ahead of Kyrgios-Sabalenka clash<\/p>\n
Battle of the Sexes rules – Nick Kyrgios vs. Aryna SabalenkaMatch length<\/p>\n
Best of three sets – with a match tiebreak to 10 points deciding the winner if required.<\/p>\n
Serving<\/p>\n
Both players will get one serve each, meaning they will need to prioritise accuracy over speed.<\/p>\n
It was initially proposed that Sabalenka would get two serves to Kyrgios’ one but that was decided to be too much of an advantage.\\<\/p>\n
Court size<\/p>\n
Sabalenka’s side of the court will be nine per cent smaller.<\/p>\n
This is designed to reflect the movement and speed differences between men and women.<\/p>\n
When is the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka?<\/p>\n
Kyrgios and Sabalenka will compete in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition tennis match on\u00a0December 28.<\/p>\n
The contest will be held at the 17,000 capacity Coca Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
What Kyrgios said about the match<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the world number one challenges you, you answer the call,\u201d 30-year-old Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got massive respect for Aryna, she\u2019s a powerhouse and a true champion, but I’ve never backed down from a challenge and I’m not just here to play, I\u2019m here to entertain\u2014Dubai, get ready for a show.\u201d<\/p>\n
What Sabalenka said about the match<\/p>\n
\u201cI have so much respect for Billie Jean King and what she has done for the women\u2019s game,\u201d Sabalenka said on announcement of the season-ending match.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud to represent women\u2019s tennis and to be part of this modern take of the iconic Battle of the Sexes match.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the Battle of the Sexes between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka with special rules for the match.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-372500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}