‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match is ‘belittling ladies’s sport’

The "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition tennis match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios has divided opinion within the tennis world.

The occasion goals to emulate one of the well-known video games within the sport’s historical past, when Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs on the Houston Astrodome in 1973.

But Flo Clifford, sports activities journalist for The Independent, criticised the newest match, telling Sky News: "The impact of it is sort of belittling women’s sport, it’s been made this sort of gimmick and the protagonists as well don’t have the same gravitas."

Read extra: https://news.sky.com/story/what-you-need-to-know-about-battle-of-the-sexes-tennis-match-13487985

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