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That is your assumption. You cannot know that across all sports. It would most certainly be true for sports limited or focused on physical strength, but beyond that, there's no way to know for certain.
If you've played any sport, you'll know that brute strength isn't the sole determining factor for success. Technique is very important too. Tactics cannot be ignored either. In football for example, just play "try to get the ball" in a square where one chases the ball. You might be the fastest player on the team but never catch the ball even against players who don't move.
Also, competing against stronger opponents is how people learn and "level up". You learn how to deal with different, faster, slower, more technical, stronger, even more intelligent opponents. Again, if you've ever played sports (or just games), you'll know what it feels like to think you're the best, then get decimated by an opponent, but in doing so realize what you were doing wrong - especially when competing against that opponent multiple times. Women and men might have a higher ceiling than they think, but unless they compete against each other continuously, they won't know.
Sure. I can't know the outcome for sure but I'd be stunned if the trend ended up being male players being humiliated by women. I just cannot imagine this being the case. I have nothing against it per se but I have a strong feeling it would come at the expense of women.
My only personal experience on this is sparring against a purple belt female in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu while I was still a complete novice myself. She put up a good fight but she didn't stand a chance. Granted I was also bigger and stronger than her. On the other hand, sparring against a smaller but more experienced male I stood no chance myself. He'd beat me every single time without an exception.