The first match was between Riggs and the number one woman player in the world. Riggs beat her very easily just basically toying with her.
Then surprise surprise. Billy Jean King challenges him to another match. Since Riggs had made a monkey out of Court all the betting money was on Riggs, especially since Court was ranked higher than King.
I thought to myself: Why is Billy Jean King, a big feminist setting herself up to get beat even worse than Court? The answer: She knew she was going to win.
I read a book by Rod Laver and he just comes right out and say it. “Riggs put big money on King using pawns and threw the match” Riggs didn’t suddenly go from easily beating top ranked Margaret Court to easily losing to King.
Yup. That’s what happened. Riggs was good enough to make it look flawless.