Where's the drama come from?
I don't see what is compelling about a #2 ranked 29 year old beating a 55 year old retired tennis player. Even if it is a girl vs guy.
Was she not expected to win? What was so "publicized" about this event?
I don't see what is compelling about a #2 ranked 29 year old beating a 55 year old retired tennis player. Even if it is a girl vs guy.
Was she not expected to win? What was so "publicized" about this event?
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I've seen Serena Williams practicing and you can see that the male hitting partner absolutely demolishes her, and he's not even a professional tennis player.
As Andy Murray said in this interview, I'd be surprised if the #1 ranked female beats a 1000th ranked male-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8780054.stm
1,000th place ranked male is still in prime shape and competing. Completely different than a retired 55 year old. The 1,000th ranked tennis player right now is 20 years old. The 1,001st ranked tennis player is 19. There are only 3 ranked players in their 40's aged 40, 41, and 44 ranked 1,260, 1,265, and 1,546 respectively.
EDIT: Ok, after reading more into it, it appears King was sort of a pompous *beep* that taunted the women's league after the first Battle of the Sexes match which prompted King to play him. I also see that King was getting smashed in the beginning of the match then had a great comeback. Makes more sense, I can see some drama being wrapped around that idea.
EDIT: Ok, after reading more into it, it appears King was sort of a pompous *beep* that taunted the women's league after the first Battle of the Sexes match which prompted King to play him.
Completely different than a retired 55 year old.
That's a lot of great insight! Thanks for this. I can see this being a good movie after all.
shareYeah, I signed in to post the same thing. When I saw that Steve Carrell was cast as Riggs, I checked the ages of the actual tennis players at the time. He was well over 50 and she was 30.
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