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20 de sept. de 2013 · Craving a return to the spotlight, Riggs decided in early 1973 to challenge some of tennis’ top women players. Billie Jean King, who at that point had already won 10 major singles titles ...
16 de may. de 2013 · Ancien champion de Wimbledon, l’Américain Bobby Riggs a marqué de son empreinte l’histoire du tennis. Non pas pour sa carrière sportive, un peu oubliée, mais pour avoir affronté la joueuse Billie Jean King dans le célèbre « combat des sexes », en 1973. Ou quand un misogyne carabiné rencontre la figure de proue du féminisme des ...
20 de sept. de 2021 · Del otro, el ex número uno del tenis Bobby Riggs. Fue la denominada Batalla de los sexos. Todo tenía un motivo. Y todo tuvo un significado cuando venció ella, Billie Jean-King.
24 de sept. de 2014 · Houston, Texas, 20 de septiembre de 1973: Billie Jean King derrota a Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Partido verdaderamente atípico, pero que forma parte de la historia del tenis. Se le llamó ‘la ...
19 de sept. de 2020 · Bobby Riggs was a leading tennis player in the 1940s, and by the time he retired in 1951 had won six Grand Slam titles. Following his retirement he became a ...
3 de may. de 2024 · Battle of the Sexes, exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that took place on September 20, 1973, inside the Astrodome in Houston.The match was something of a spectacle as the in-her-prime King defeated the 55-year-old Riggs in three straight sets, but the event nevertheless was a significant moment in the second wave of the women’s movement that took place during ...
19 de oct. de 2017 · In 1939, when he was 21, he was runner-up at Roland Garros, where he was beaten by Don McNeill in the final. At Wimbledon that summer, however, Riggs was unstoppable. Seeded No 2 behind Britain’s Bunny Austin, who lost to Cooke in the quarter-finals, Riggs dropped only one set en route to the final. Cooke, nevertheless, pushed him hard before ...
