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Well, That Was Dumb

In today's "Battle of the Sexes" between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios, everyone was a loser.

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Ben Rothenberg
Dec 28, 2025
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Today’s Battle of the Sexes, a hemorrhoid on the ass-end of the 2025 tennis calendar that successfully got the attention of the world’s media but failed on every sporting level and made its audiences stupider for having watched, is now over.

Let’s talk about it…for hopefully the last time.

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