Aryna Sabalenka has welcomed the idea of a rematch of her ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match with Nick Kyrgios that she lost in straight sets in Dubai at the end of December.
The match saw some amended rules in order to attempt to make the match ‘equal’, including Sabalenka playing from a smaller court and both players only having one serve.
However, the women’s world No 1 claims that the adapted rules also posed challenges to her, and if they were to play again she would make some more changes to ‘level it’.
“I think I would definitely do it again,” Sabalenka said. “I love revenges and I don’t like to leave it the way it is.
“And I think for the next match we’ll come up with a different format because before the match, I didn’t realise that I have to adjust as well and it was a bit tricky for me as well.
“I think that I would still keep the full court for Nick [Kyrgios], but I would take two serves, that would even our level a bit more.
“As I always say, you’re not losing, you’re learning. And I learned a lot about this game.