by beating Amanda Anisimova in the US Open final<\/a>. <\/p>\nWhen could the \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 take place? <\/p>\n
A date and location for the Sabalenka v Kyrgios match has not been confirmed, with Sabalenka sounding unsure when asked about the exhibition during the US Open. <\/p>\n
There have been reports that it could take place in Hong Kong in January, with a date at some point in the build-up to the Australian Open later that month a possibility. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not sure about the place,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cBut definitely if we’re going to bring it, we’re going to bring it to somewhere where it’s going to be a lot of people watching, and we’re gonna put a lot of pressure on Nick.\u201d<\/p>\n
What else did Aryna Sabalenka say? <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s cool idea, you know. I think it’s gonna be spectacular to watch. It’s going to be fun, especially against someone like Nick.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike he said in another interview, that I genuinely think that I’m going to win, and I’ll definitely go out there, and I’ll try my best to kick his ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Aryna Sabalenka is the World No 1 and has been the dominant force on the WTA Tour (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)<\/p>\n
What did Nick Kyrgios say about the match? <\/p>\n
Kyrgios has played just five matches this season due to injury and pulled out of Wimbledon and the US Open. He is targeting a return at the Australian Open. <\/p>\n
\u201cGetting to know her, she\u2019s definitely a character,\u201d Kyrgios said. \u201cI\u2019m super excited for that. I think she\u2019s the type of player who genuinely thinks she\u2019s going to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe [Sabalenka] is not gonna beat me. Do you really think I have to try 100 per cent? I\u2019m gonna try. Because I\u2019m representing the men\u2019s side. I\u2019d say like 6-2 maybe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to go there and say, \u2018Oh, she\u2019s so good, I can\u2019t play this.\u2019 That would make me look so bad. I\u2019d imagine the internet would go crazy \u2014 go bananas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, our serves, women can\u2019t really return those,\u201d Kyrgios also claimed. \u201cAnd then we can just chip and drop shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m going to be okay. I\u2019m going to go there, and I don\u2019t want her to win. That\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nick Kyrgios has struggled with injuries since reaching the Wimbledon final and US Open quarter-final in 2023 (Getty)<\/p>\n
What happened in the 1973 \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019? <\/p>\n
Billie Jean King, the 12-time grand slam champion, reluctantly agreed to take on Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed \u201cmale chauvinist pig\u201d, after the thrashed Margaret Court in a match later known as the \u2018Mother\u2019s Day Massacre\u2019. <\/p>\n
King was 29 and the top women\u2019s player in the world when she faced Riggs, the former No 1 ranked men\u2019s who, at the age of 55, boasted he could beat any women\u2019s player. <\/p>\n
In what remains the most-watched tennis match of all time, with 30,000 people in attendance in Houston and an estimated 90 million watching around the world, King defeated Riggs in straight-sets. It created a moment that helped power the gathering force of the women\u2019s rights movement in the United States.<\/p>\n
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