Four-time Grand Slam tournament winner, world number one from Belarus Aryna Sabalenka lost to 2022 Wimbledon finalist Australian Nick Kyrgios in the 'Battle of the Sexes' — 3:6, 3:6.
The exhibition match took place in Dubai and lasted one hour and 17 minutes. Kyrgios made one service ace and converted 6 out of 15 break points. Sabalenka did not make a single ace during the match and was able to convert 3 break points out of 7.
Both tennis players had one serve (without a second), and the size of the court side where Sabalenka played was reduced by 9% from the standard. Two sets were played in the traditional format to six games. If it had gone to a third set, a tiebreak to 10 points would have been played instead of a full set.
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