Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios are set to take on each other in a 2025 iteration of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition match in Dubai on December 28. There have been three other instances of this match, termed ‘Battle of the Sexes’ with the most famous one being tennis icon Billie Jean King taking on fellow American Bobby Riggs in 1973.

Here’s a look at how the Battle of Sexes matches transpired over the years:

Bobby Riggs vs Margaret Court (1973)

The match that started it all. The encounter was when 55-year-old retired tennis player Bobby Riggs, a winner of 6 major titles including 3 Wimbledon triumphs, had proclaimed that the women’s game was much inferior to the men’s. He also said that even at his current age of 55, he could best any top female tennis player.

Riggs had initiall

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