• Associate Professor of English and Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State
Nick Kyrgios’ showdown with Aryna Sabalenka may be entertaining. But for women’s sports, it seems like a lose-lose. Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images

Tennis is set for a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ sequel – with no movement behind it

Billie Jean King’s 1973 match was about social change. The upcoming Sabalenka-Kyrgios event – with its rules tweaks and its participants’ questionable politics – may leave women’s tennis worse off.

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