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Top-ranked women’s player Aryna Sabalenka is set to face Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios in a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition match in Dubai on December 28.

This match is a modern take on the iconic 1973 showdown between tennis legend Billie Jean King and fellow American Bobby Riggs, which was a pivotal moment for both tennis and the women’s movement. Played in Houston’s Astrodome, around 90 million viewers worldwide watched as King clinched a straight-sets victory, advancing the fight for equality in sports.

At the time, 55-year-old Riggs had defeated Australia’s Margaret Court four months earlier, before 29-year-old King avenged the loss. In 1992, eight-time Grand Slam champion Jimmy Connors, aged 40, beat 18-time major winner Martina Navratilova, then 35, un

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