Aryna Sabalenka is passionate about playing Nick Kyrgios in the Gender War event
Defending champion Sabalenka will bid for her fourth major singles title in her career on Saturday, and he also won the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024.
Kyrgios, who won a career-high 13 in 2016, has been playing in just five games this year since returning from a serious wrist injury, which has kept him going for 18 months.
He has not been on the ATP Tour since losing the second round at the Miami Open in March.
“If I can [beat] He, but we are not sure about this place. Sabalenka added.
“If we were to bring it, we would take it to a place where a lot of people were watching and we would put a lot of pressure on Nick.”
In 1973, between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, there were three official matches labeled as the “Gender War”.
Four months later, before the King revenges, U.S. veteran Riggs defeated Australia’s Margaret Court.
In 1992, Jimmy Connors, 40, defeated 35-year-old Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova, according to hybrid rules.
