Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Nick Kyrgios has beaten women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the "Battle of the Sexes", a highly-publicised showdown with modified rules that divided tennis fans.
Former Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios won 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition match in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday that bore little resemblance to the era-defining 1973 encounter between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Back then, there was more at stake, with the nascent women's professional tour, set up by King, fighting for its legitimacy and prize money for female players still far lower than it was for the men.
King, one of the all-time greats of the women's game who was at the peak of her powers at age 29, saw off the 55-year-old Riggs, a top player in h...