This story is good for a laugh but I’ll go out on a limb and say that the women didn’t take it very seriously.
I’d say they did when they realized they were losing to a bunch of boys.
Playing light, just to make it interesting, that is understood but when they start getting their manly butts beat, they face humiliation— a motivation to win.
Most professional athletes aren't going to put their bodies on the line and risk a career-ending injury over a silly exhibition game.
Nope.
College ranked tennis guys can beat the top womens tennis players. The lowest professional ranked guys can beat the top females, it happened easily to one of the williams sisters when she shot her mouth off about her skils.