Aryna Sabalenka is happy for a proposed Battle of the Sexes contest in opposition to Nick Kyrgios and says it will likely be a “good thing for women’s tennis” if she is ready to beat him.
The potential conflict has been a sizzling matter of dialog on the US Open after Kyrgios mentioned it earlier this week on the Tea with Bublik podcast with fellow participant Alexander Bublik.
“Sabalenka is awesome, she’s such a character,” stated Kyrgios. “I think she’s the type of player who genuinely believes she’s going to win.”
Kyrgios has been sidelined for a lot of the final three years with harm
If it occurs, the competition will mimic one of the well-known tennis matches in historical past when Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs on the Houston Astrodome in 1973.
It has been reported it would happen in Hong Kong in January, though Sabalenka insisted the date and venue has not but been determined.
Requested if the match represents an excellent transfer for ladies’s tennis, Sabalenka stated: “It is going to be an excellent factor if I am going to be capable to win however, for now, we aren’t certain in regards to the place.
“However positively, if we’ll convey it, we’ll convey it to someplace the place it may be lots of people watching, and we’ll put a whole lot of strain on Nick.
“I think it’s a cool idea. I think it’s going to be spectacular to watch. It’s going to be fun, especially against someone like Nick.
“Like he stated in one other interview, that I genuinely suppose that I will win, and I am going to positively go on the market and I am going to attempt my greatest to kick his a**.”
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There isn’t any doubt, in the event that they do handle to stage the match, it would generate an enormous deal of curiosity.
Sabalenka is the world No 1 and about to contest one other Grand Slam ultimate on the US Open whereas Kyrgios has been sidelined for a lot of the final three years with harm however was a Wimbledon finalist in 2022.
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