When Aryna Sabalenka faces Nick Kyrgios, it will be under the banner of the Battle of the Sexes - but the stakes will not be as high as those that faced Billie Jean King 52 years ago.

Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka's "Battle of the Sexes" match apppeared to fall flat with fans as the Australian star ...

There aren’t many days in the history of women’s sports more significant than Sept. 20, 1973. Despite the garish spectacle of Billie Jean King being carried into the Astrodome on a chariot by ...

Back then in 1973, women struggled for equal rights in almost every aspect of life. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Top-ranked women's tennis player Aryna Sabalenka fell to Nick Kyrgios in an updated version of the "Battle of the Sexes." ...

The concept of inter-gender matches began with Bobby Riggs taking on Margaret Court in 1973, even before the first-ever Battle of the Sexes match ...

Today's "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition match has divided opinion in the tennis world. The event aims to emulate one of the most famous games in the sport's history, when Billie Jean King defeated ...

The title “Battle of the Sexes” harks back to the meeting between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in September 1973, in what ...

Nick Kyrgios beat women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the “Battle of the Sexes” yesterday, in a highly-publicised ...

The upcoming 'Battle of the Sexes' exhibition match between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka has been widely panned by tennis fans and media alike. Everything from the smaller court to the players ...

Legendary tennis star Billie Jean King says the upcoming ‘Battle of the Sexes’ clash between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka is ‘just not the same’ as the battle she underwent with Bobby Riggs during ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios will duke it out in the Battle of the Sexes at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Sunday, December 28, 2025.