{"id":260923,"date":"2025-11-04T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260923\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:29:09","slug":"battle-of-the-sexes-tennis-match-set-for-dubai-in-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260923\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World No.1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/aryna-sabalenka\" 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Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-mixed\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;aryna-sabalenka\\&quot;,\\&quot;nick-kyrgios\\&quot;,\\&quot;country-au\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;aryna-sabalenka-nick-kyrgios-tennis-match-dubai&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> and Australian showman <a 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Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-mixed\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;aryna-sabalenka\\&quot;,\\&quot;nick-kyrgios\\&quot;,\\&quot;country-au\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;aryna-sabalenka-nick-kyrgios-tennis-match-dubai&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a> will\u00a0meet in a one-off \u201cBattle of the Sexes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/\" 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Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-mixed\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;aryna-sabalenka\\&quot;,\\&quot;nick-kyrgios\\&quot;,\\&quot;country-au\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;aryna-sabalenka-nick-kyrgios-tennis-match-dubai&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tennis<\/a> exhibition match at Dubai\u2019s Coca-Cola Arena on 28 December.<\/p>\n<p>The event, organised by the pair\u2019s shared management agency Evolve, will be the first of its kind in over three decades.<\/p>\n<p>The original \u201cBattle of the Sexes\u201d in 1973\u2014when Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs before a global TV audience of 90 million\u2014became a milestone for gender equality in sport. Sabalenka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/c9d6vp3lv4xo\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;01ab49e0-28ca-4551-ac92-eba36eac7f08&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04T11:23:28.555Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-mixed\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;aryna-sabalenka\\&quot;,\\&quot;nick-kyrgios\\&quot;,\\&quot;country-au\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Aryna Sabalenka vs Nick Kyrgios: \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 tennis match set for Dubai in December 2025&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;aryna-sabalenka-nick-kyrgios-tennis-match-dubai&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> she\u2019s \u201cready to bring [her] A-game,\u201d while Kyrgios vowed to \u201centertain\u201d in a modern revival of tennis\u2019s most famous gender face-off.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka, 27, enters the match riding a rich run of form, including consecutive women&#8217;s singles US Open titles and a Madrid Open win.\u00a0 Kyrgios, 30, a 2022 men&#8217;s singles Wimbledon finalist, is ranked 650 after an 18-month wrist injury that kept him out of competition. He has played only five matches this year but remains one of tennis\u2019s most magnetic personalities.<\/p>\n<p>Details about the match format have yet to be confirmed, though organisers are reportedly exploring serving limits and possible court adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World No.1\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka and Australian showman Nick Kyrgios will\u00a0meet in a one-off \u201cBattle of the Sexes\u201d tennis exhibition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-260923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}