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"Aryna Sabalenka Isn't Going to Beat Me" - Brash Nick Kyrgios Sends World No. 1 Ruthless Warning Ahead of 'Battle of the Sexes'
Nick Kyrgios predicts an easy 6-2 victory over women's World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in a Hong Kong exhibition match recreating the historic Battle of the Sexes.
- Speaking recently, Nick Kyrgios said he will easily defeat women's World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, with their exhibition relaunch slated for Hong Kong next year.
- Announced earlier this year, organisers pitched the duel as a relaunch of the Bobby Riggs v Billie Jean King match, with both Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka linked via the same agency.
- Kyrgios added on tactics, saying the match will use a smaller court, one serve each and no second serves, played in four eight-minute quarters, and predicted a 6-2 win over Sabalenka.
- As Sabalenka reached the US Open semi-finals, Nick Kyrgios, absent from the tournament, gained attention while preparing for a comeback after extended injury absences.
- If it goes ahead, the matchup positioned around ATP events in Hong Kong would be a high-profile exhibition drawing attention beyond the regular ATP Tour next year.
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Nick Kyrgios can hardly contain his mirth when it is suggested he might lose to a woman – even if it is world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka.“I think she’s the type of player that genuinely thinks she’s going to win,” he tells his friend and tennis star Alexander Bublik with a broad grin during a rooftop interview in Manhattan.“She’s not gonna beat me, brother. Do you really think I have to try 100 per cent?” He then goes on to suggest that “our serves… w…
In front of the eagerly awaited "Battle of the Sexes", tennis-bad boy Nick Kyrgios provokes Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. "Do I really have to give 100 percent?", the Australian asks in front of the duel with the number one in the world. In January it is so far, then Nick Kyrgios meets Aryna Sabalenka. As part of the ATP 250 tournament in Hong Kong, the "Battle of the Sexes" is on the program. Kyrgios is already very sure of victory. "Sabalenka is…
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