'I’m feeling nerves right now': Nick Kyrgios ready to face Aryna Sabalenka in 'Battle of Sexes'

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios knows the art of remaining in the news. The 30-year-old has hardly played any tennis in the last three years after suffering a serious wrist injury in 2022. Despite that, Kyrgios made continuous appearances on various platforms and expressed his opinions on different topics related to sports.

Kyrgios has recently spoken to talkSPORT, where he opened up about an interesting plan of taking part in the ‘Battle of Sexes’ against women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka is currently taking part in Wimbledon, where she has cemented her spot in the quarterfinal after beating Belgium’s Elise Mertens. Kyrgios revealed that both players are thinking about featuring in the contest on a smaller court where he will be allowed one serve.

"Sabalenka and I are thinking about doing a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ later in the year where the court is going to be slightly smaller for me, with one serve,” he said. "UTS is an event that I believe is the modern day tennis, how tennis should be. So we’re going to do it on a smaller court, a slightly smaller court I’m playing in, slightly smaller than the usual tennis court."

Kyrgios also stated that despite not playing much tennis in the recent past, he remains optimistic that he has enough talent and skills to get the better of Sabalenka. "We get one serve and we’re thinking about doing it later in the year in Hong Kong,” he said. "This is going to be something that I’m really nervous for to be honest because she’s in her absolute prime right now and she’s getting the wooden legs of me. But I’m still feeling confident that I’ll get her. I think I’ve still got enough variation in it and enough talent in the tank to take Sabalenka. But she’s fierce and I’m feeling nerves right now."