Former Lleyton Hewitt coach Roger Rasheed has described the “battle of the sexes exhibition clash between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka as quite insulting.
The spectacle, due to take place on December 28 in Dubai, will feature modified rules and has drawn comparisons to the famous 1973 clash between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
Reacting to the development, Rasheed in a chat with ABC Sport‘s Summer Grandstand program, stated that the exhibition clash is bringing no value to tennis.
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“I’m not a fan of it, to be honest,” Rasheed said.
“I think it’s a lose-lose for the women’s side … I actually think it’s quite insulting, to be perfectly honest.
“I don’t see where there’s one minute, one second of win for the number one player in the world.
“If you are looking after Sabalenka commercially, is this a place where you want to be?”
