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In one remarkable summer, billie jean king reshaped the future of not just womens tennis but womens sport. Billie jean king helps open new library named after her. Riggs lost to womens liberation advocate billie jean king, then the worlds secondranked female player, in straight sets before more than 30,000 spectators at the houston astrodome and a. Riggs had defeated margaret court a little over four months earlier, and king felt that she was playing for the. After battle of the sexes featuring emma stone, 28, and steve carell, 55 opens, a new generation of fans will associate bobby riggs with his battle with billie jean king. Because the real reason billie jean king won the fabled match had nothing to do with the sport of tennis and neither did the reason she chose to take on riggs in the first place. The battle of the sexes and a scary confrontation on the. Together, billie and bobby served up a cultural spectacle that.
In tennis, battle of the sexes describes various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in one case. Billie jean king s dominant victory wasnt just a win between the two players. Take a look back at billie jean king s straightsets victory over selfproclaimed male chauvinist bobby riggs. Battle of the sexes 2017 full movie download full hd youtube.
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