The organizers of the Grand Slam tennis tournament refused to pay the same amount of prize money to the female players as the male players, but in fact the women’s tennis tournaments sold as many tickets as the men’s tennis tournaments. After this incident, Billy Jane Kingand other athletes joined hands with the publisher of "World Tennis Magazine" Gladys Heidemanto form the Women's Tennis Association.
Bobby Riggshas been retired from professional tennis for a long time, and turned to work with his father-in-law from 9 to 5, while his wife Priscilla Wheelanis married In life, he is financially independent and quite wealthy. Bobby Riggs always sees news promoting women’s equal rights on TV. As a former champion, Bobby Riggs didn’t get such an opportunity to show off in his prime. These news made him tortured. He loves to express himself so much, he always likes to brag about himself, and he has some gambler psychology, so he calculated that he could challenge some famous female athletes by belittling the technical level and value of female tennis players and let them fight with them. Play a mixed, winner-takes-all game by yourself to return to the public eye. Australian player Margaret Courtaccepted his challenge, and Bobby Riggs easily defeated her. This match made him even more arrogant, so the most popular among female tennis players and the most outspoken Mrs. King decided to accept the challenge of Riggs.
Billie Jean King and hair stylist Marilyn) recognize their sexual orientation after have an affair, although this time one of Billie Jean King has been created with the lawyer and World Tennis Team's Larry Kingmarried, but soon after she came out and announced her identity as a lesbian
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