Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the “Battle of the Sexes” in tennis, beating top-ranked women’s player Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition match that represented light entertainment ...
Billie Jean King made history in 1973 when the then-29-year-old tennis star defeated 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in a historic tennis match dubbed “Battle of the Sexes.“ Now, Aryna Sabalenka hopes history ...
Billie Jean King has distanced herself from this year’s Battle of the Sexes tennis showdown, insisting hers was about “social change”, while the 2025 edition is “entertainment”. World number one Aryna ...
In an event billed as tennis’s latest “Battle of the Sexes,” Aryna Sabalenka, the No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, will take on Nick Kyrgios, who’s currently ranked No. 673 on the ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) “This is about respect, rivalry and reimagining what equality in sport can look like,” ...