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Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker who is running for Congress in Arizona, was among those who weighed in on the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka.
The match allowed Sabalenka to have an advantage to level the playing field as her side of the court was 10% smaller than her opponent’s. On Sunday, Feely insisted that men play women’s sports.
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Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka kiss in front of the net at the end of their Battle of the Sexes match, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, December 28, 2025. (Christopher Pike/Pool Photo via AP)
“Please never believe the bullshit coming from ignorant liberals that letting men compete against women isn’t unfair to women,” he wrote on X in response to the match.
The name “Battle of the Sexes” was borrowed from the historic 1973 match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. King won the match in four straight sets and helped launch efforts to launch a women’s tour and achieve equal pay in tennis.
The match does not seem to have the same effect on the supporters.
Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios laugh before their Battle of the Sexes tennis match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, December 28, 2025. (Amr Alfiky/Pool photo via AP)
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Both Sabalenka and Kyrgios defended the match, which the Australian won in straight sets.
“I don’t understand how people could find anything negative in this event,” she said. “I played good tennis. It was an entertaining match. He won the match, but I showed good tennis… It was a great fight. It was interesting to watch.”
Kyrgios thanked Sabalenka for holding his own on the court.
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“There are only positives to take from it,” Kyrgios said, adding that Sabalenka was playing alongside someone who had beaten Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray during his career. “I had to work to get there. I had to sweat. I had to play. I had to run. It wasn’t easy. Nothing was easy. So let’s spread that narrative instead of all the negativity.”
