Overview
- The match will be staged indoors at Dubai’s 17,000-seat Coca-Cola Arena.
- Evolve, the management agency representing both players, is producing the exhibition.
- Organizers have not announced the match rules, though some outlets report possible tweaks such as limiting Kyrgios to one serve.
- Sabalenka, the world No. 1 and a four-time Grand Slam champion, said she is proud to represent women’s tennis and will bring her A-game.
- Kyrgios, ranked No. 652 after an extended wrist layoff, promised to entertain following earlier podcast claims that he would beat Sabalenka comfortably.