Posted on 12/30/2025 8:58:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Some truths don’t require a laboratory study or a government commission. They simply need eyes willing to see.
For years now, anyone who dared suggest that biological males hold inherent physical advantages over females in athletic competition has been labeled a bigot, a science-denier, or worse. The activists insisted that hormones could level any playing field, that strength and speed differences were merely social constructs waiting to be dismantled by the right policies and enough sensitivity training.
Meanwhile, coaches knew better. Athletes knew better. Parents watching their daughters get steamrolled by competitors with shoulders like linebackers knew better. But acknowledging reality had become a political liability, so many stayed quiet while governing bodies twisted themselves into ideological pretzels. The truth, however, has a stubborn way of surfacing—sometimes on the grandest stages imaginable.
This past weekend in Dubai, a tennis exhibition billed as the “Battle of the Sexes” provided a masterclass in what happens when progressive fantasy collides with physical reality. The setup seemed almost comically designed to favor the woman: Aryna Sabalenka, the undisputed number one female tennis player on the planet, faced off against Nick Kyrgios, a 30-year-old Australian whose career has been derailed by injuries. Kyrgios currently ranks 671st in the world. He’s battled a severe wrist ligament rupture and chronic knee problems. The man has played just six ATP singles matches in three years. (But sure, let’s see how this goes.)
To further tilt the scales, organizers gave Sabalenka a court nine percent smaller than regulation and limited both players to single serves—modifications specifically intended to neutralize Kyrgios’s power advantage. The result? He won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. I’m sure the gender studies departments are working overtime on an explanation.
From ‘Not the Bee’:
Kyrgios praised Sabalenka as a tough opponent, but earlier this month, both Sabalenka and Kyrgios denounced transgender male athletes who compete against women, calling it unfair. Sabalenka told Piers Morgan plainly: “I think it’s just not fair to a woman.”
The irony here is almost too perfect. The very athletes who just demonstrated the unbridgeable gap between male and female physicality are the same ones speaking out against men competing in women’s sports. They get it. They’ve lived it. They understand what the clipboard-wielding bureaucrats and Twitter activists refuse to accept.
Look, this isn’t about diminishing Sabalenka’s extraordinary talent—and I want to be clear about that. She’s a four-time Grand Slam champion who has dominated women’s tennis for two consecutive seasons. But talent doesn’t override biology. A mid-tier male athlete, past his prime and physically compromised, still possesses advantages that no rule modification can erase. That’s not an opinion. We just watched it happen.
So here’s the question that should haunt every school board member, athletic director, and politician still clinging to gender ideology: if the best woman in the world can’t compete with a broken-down man ranked 671st, what chance does your daughter have against a biological male in her high school division? What about that scholarship she’s been training for since she was eight?
Protecting women’s sports isn’t controversial. It’s common sense—and this weekend, common sense won in straight sets.
Sources: Not the Bee, UNILAD, BBC Sport
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They already did this, its no surprise. A guy ranked around 210 (over 200) played both venus and serena williams the same day, back to back matches, and crushed both of them.
I briefly read about this match, I think the court was intentionally made smaller to give the female a better chance
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JZzP8V9cHJc
| EVENT | ADULT WOMEN'S WORLD RECORD | HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' RECORD |
| 100m | 10.49 | 9.93 |
| 200m | 21.34 | 20.09 |
| 400m | 47.60 | 44.20 |
| 800m | 1:53.28 | 1:46.45 |
| 1500m | 3:49.04 | 3:34.36 |
| 5000m | 14:00.21 | 13:25.86 |
| 10000m | 28:54.14 | 28:32.70 |
| HIGH JUMP | 2.10m | 2.31m |
| LONG JUMP | 7.20m | 8.18m |
| TRIPLE JUMP | 14.74m | 16.72m |
| POLE VAULT | 5.06m | 6.05m |
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Yet they want to be paid the same as men.
RE: Yet they want to be paid the same as men.
While playing fewer sets too.
Yup, seen them too
It was. It was made so he had a smaller court area to aim for, meaning it was harder for him to keep shots in bound, but also, it meant she had to run less and have an easier chance at getting to and returning a cross-court shot.
You are correct. His name was Karsten Braasch - a name only the real tennis nerds ever heard of. He was mainly known for his strange service motion. This is what Wikipedia writes about the matches between him and the Williams sisters in 1998:
“Braasch competed in a “Battle of the Sexes” contest against the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena) at the 1998 Australian Open when he was ranked 203. Braasch was described by one journalist as “a man whose training regime centred around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple bottles of ice cold lager”.[4] He nonetheless defeated both sisters, playing a single set against each, beating Serena 6–1 and Venus 6–2.[5] Braasch was thirty years old at the time, while Venus and Serena were seventeen and sixteen, respectively.”
Braasch also made headlines as he played the two matches after finishing a round of golf and drinking two shandies. (Shandy - absolutely vile! Why didn’t he just stick to proper beer??)
You can’t convince obsessive delusional people with the facts. My strategy is to move on to better things. Let them sadly, eventually, fade away, ineffectually clinging to their delusions. Treat them as impaired.
Years ago I played tennis with a pretty Italian girl. She was pretty good. She could volley. I instinctively gave up my power first serve to keep her in the game. She said she tried her hardest to beat me. She had fun. So did I. Anyone who defends males in girls sports is insane.
In golf, their tee boxes are closer.
Not only that, but they changed the rules on serving to benefit the female.
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