Nick Kyrgios favored in Dubai showdown

If the bookies are to beryllium believed, and they astir apt cognize what they are doing, Nick Kyrgios is overmuch person to winning the “Battle of the Sexes”, scheduled for Sunday successful Dubai. The likelihood connected his triumph are 1.2, portion the likelihood connected Aryna Sabalenka’s triumph are 4. Of course, the likelihood are not the aforesaid everywhere, but they are wrong that range.

From a tennis perspective, the Belarusian should person the advantage. She is the satellite fig 1 and has a large play down her successful which she won 1 Grand Slam (US Open) and played successful 2 finals (Australian Open and Roland Garros).

The Australian, connected the different hand, has not played since Miami successful March owed to wounded problems, has lone 1 triumph this year, and has fallen to 671st spot successful the satellite rankings.

Kyrgios reacts

Sabalenka’s tribunal volition beryllium 9 percent smaller, due to the fact that it has been calculated that determination is specified a quality successful the carnal capabilities of antheral and pistillate tennis players. Both volition person 1 service each, truthful the accent volition beryllium connected precision, not power. But, contempt each that has been said, Kyrgios is fixed importantly amended chances.

"Aryna is simply a precise unsafe tennis subordinate who has a amended service than astir men," says the Australian. "I'm definite a batch of players successful the apical 100 would person a occupation against her. I'm going done pugnacious times successful my vocation and I'm alert that she tin bushed me."

Kyrgios played successful respective exhibitions successful the past fewer days and mislaid 2 matches, but this volition not beryllium a minus for him. On the contrary, helium needs arsenic galore matches arsenic imaginable to marque up for what helium missed. He is already preparing for the caller season, which helium volition commencement successful Brisbane, and helium is besides hoping for an invitation (wild card) to the Australian Open.

Sabalenka is overmuch bolder successful her statements:

“Even though it’s an accumulation match, I privation to springiness my best. I judge I tin win. I volition attack this lucifer with the utmost seriousness, and my extremity is to beforehand women’s tennis. I expect a existent spectacle. I americium alert that I would person problems playing against a tennis subordinate successful afloat form, but Nick hasn’t played for a agelong time, truthful I volition person a accidental to win.”