Overview
- The one-off match is scheduled for Sunday at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena, airing in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and streaming in India on SonyLIV.
- Organisers have set one serve per point, reduced Sabalenka’s side of the court by 9%, and adopted best-of-three sets with a 10-point match tiebreak if needed.
- Sabalenka frames the event as a personal challenge and a platform to highlight women’s tennis, while Kyrgios has predicted victory and questioned needing to try 100 percent.
- Kyrgios enters with limited recent competition after injuries, having played only five singles matches in 2025 and fallen to the 670s in the rankings.
- The exhibition is organised by Evolve, which represents both players, as debate continues over its symbolism and commercial motives, with Billie Jean King stressing it is unlike her 1973 contest.