Long before the trans athletes in women’s sport debate became as toxic as it has, there was a far more jovial contest over the sporting supremacy of the genders called The Battle of the Sexes, with female tennis superstars taking on men in big televised exhibitions.

Margaret Court lost to Bobby Riggs in the first back in 1973. Riggs then sensationally lost to Billie Jean-King later that same year, with a TV audience of 50 million.Riggs was by that time 55 years old, 26 years older than King.

And then the great Martina Navratilova lost to Jimmy Connors in 1992, putting the debate to bed for good... until now.

The world’s number one in women's tennis, Aryna Sabalenka, will take on the world’s number one in tennis tantrums, Nick Kyrgios, on the 28th of December in Dubai.

Both of them join Piers Morgan to discuss the contest and more.Piers Morgan Uncensored is proudly independent and supported by:

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