Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she wants to play Nick Kyrgios again as she expressed her desire to exact \u201crevenge\u201d for her defeat to the Australian.<\/p>\n
Former ATP world No 13 Kyrgios<\/a> triumphed 6-3, 6-3 against WTA world No 1 Sabalenka<\/a> in an exhibition showdown billed as the \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 in Dubai on December 28.<\/p>\n Both players were limited to having one serve, while Sabalenka\u2019s side of the court was 9% smaller than Kyrgios\u2019, with organisers Evolve claiming that data shows female players move about 9% slower than men on average.<\/p>\n Sabalenka was broken in four of her five service games in the opening set, but she took a 3-1 lead in the second and had a break point to go up 4-1 before Kyrgios turned it around to seal a straight-set win.<\/p>\n The match would have been decided by a 10-point tiebreak had a third set been required.<\/p>\n Sabalenka has made it clear that she has the appetite for a rematch and argued it would be more even if she could have two serves.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I would definitely do it again. I love revenges and I don\u2019t like to leave it the way it is,\u201d said the four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think for the next match we\u2019ll come up with a different format because before the match, I didn\u2019t realise that I have to adjust as well and it was a bit tricky for me as well.<\/p>\n Hate flowing Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s way is not justified as attention seekers cash in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios \u2018money grab\u2019 exhibition gets scathing verdict \u2013 \u2018I hope the money was worth it\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think that I would still keep the full court for Nick, but I would take two serves, that would even our level a lot more.<\/p>\n \u201cI always say that when you are losing, you are learning, and I learned a lot about his game. I would do it again.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I know better Nick as a player and as a person as well, so I feel like I know how to play against him. We will do it again, I need the revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n The 27-year-old Belarusian continued: \u201cI think it\u2019s really important for tennis to keep it interesting, keep it fresh, keep it new, keep it fun.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m happy that I was able to challenge him and make him work and make him physically get tired and mentally also get tight.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw that and I felt really excited to see a man getting tight and going for his full game. It was a really cool experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Kyrgios responded to a tweet discussing a potential rematch by saying \u201cI\u2019M IN.\u201d<\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n READ NEXT: Former WTA star questions why Aryna Sabalenka \u2018accepted\u2019 controversial rules at \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019<\/a> The post Aryna Sabalenka calls for Nick Kyrgios \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 rematch \u2013 but with one rule change<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she wants to play Nick Kyrgios again as she expressed her desire to exact \u201crevenge\u201d for her defeat to the Australian. Former ATP world No 13 Kyrgios triumphed 6-3, 6-3 against WTA world No 1 Sabalenka in an exhibition showdown billed as the \u2018Battle of the Sexes\u2019 in Dubai on December […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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