To: Josa
Billie Jean king in her prime took three sets to bear and old male tennis player who was never top tier in his prime I think it was Chris Evert who, commenting on the Bobby Riggs debacle, related a story that in her prime she used to practice against a male player who was ranked about #100 in the world. He beat her 6-0 every single set.
43 posted on
12/26/2020 8:48:07 AM PST by
Mr. Jeeves
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To: Mr. Jeeves; Josa
I recall reading a story, whether or not it is true, about the King/Riggs matchup in which it was fairly obvious that Riggs did a sort of half assed effort to basically let her win.
49 posted on
12/26/2020 8:52:24 AM PST by
OttawaFreeper
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To: Mr. Jeeves
I think it was Margaret Court that Bobby Riggs beat even after setting up about 10 folding chairs on his side of the court.
94 posted on
12/26/2020 9:51:04 AM PST by
SaxxonWoods
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