A volley!
At 55 years old Bobby Riggs, former Wimbledon and United States Open
Tennis champion raised the profile of womens' tennis. It became a major
spectator sport when he lost a well publicized match against Billie Jean
King. "The battle of the sexes" went 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, to 29 year old
Billie Jean King. 30,472 people attended the Houston Astrodome and 50
million veiwers watched the match on television. It was the early years
of the womens' liberation movement and so transcended the boundaries of
sport.
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