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To: EdnaMode

Ironic because none of them would even be a known name if competing against men.

Billie Jean king in her prime took three sets to bear and old male tennis player who was never top tier in his prime


6 posted on 12/26/2020 8:32:06 AM PST by Josa
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To: Josa

And some say that he threw the game to settle gambling debts or some such.


27 posted on 12/26/2020 8:37:32 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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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 ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Josa

And who threw the match.


81 posted on 12/26/2020 9:26:08 AM PST by xkaydet65 ( )
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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 agree with the basic point you are trying to make, but: (1) it was a best of 5 match. She beat him in straight sets. (2) Riggs was number 1 in the world in his prime.

90 posted on 12/26/2020 9:44:00 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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King fought against the tranny tennis he/she/it from playing on the womens tennis circuit when it mattered....Renee’ something or other


109 posted on 12/26/2020 10:25:59 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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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


...And who probably threw the match so as to get more money in a rematch which she would never give him.


119 posted on 12/26/2020 12:40:18 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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