{"id":46074,"date":"2025-12-28T06:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46074"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:21:28","slug":"cz9419p8yvvoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/28\/cz9419p8yvvoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka v Nick Kyrgios: Key questions before &#8216;Battle of the Sexes&#8217; in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cynics have wondered exactly what the point of the event is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sabalenka and Kyrgios insist it is to attract a different audience to the sport, with an emphasis on fun, entertainment and celebrity culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There are question marks &#8211; and that scares people,&#8221; Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For us, it is exciting and gives us that thrill. I think events like this need to happen more in the tennis world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The event, being held at the 17,000-seater Coca-Cola Arena, is on track to be sold out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tickets range from about \u00a3100 in the upper tier stands to upwards of \u00a3600 on courtside benches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Sport and entertainment is the same thing \u2013 people come to watch sport for the unknown, that&#8217;s why it is not played on paper,&#8221; Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whether it&#8217;s good or bad, they want to remember something they are going to see in everyday life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Billie Jean King, who beat Bobby Riggs in the second Battle of the Sexes match in 1973, hopes it will be a &#8220;great&#8221; match but says it is &#8220;not the same&#8221; as her era-defining event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">King&#8217;s victory over former Wimbledon champion Riggs &#8211; a 55-year-old self-proclaimed chauvinist &#8211; was a landmark moment in the fight for gender equality and laid the path for equal pay at the top of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ours was about social change; culturally, where we were in 1973. This one is not,&#8221; King told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Aryna #Sabalenka #Nick #Kyrgios #Key #questions #Battle #Sexes #Dubai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynics have wondered exactly what the point of the event is. 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