Originally posted by crzy:
Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:
Originally posted by crzy:
Dude just ignore it
Women's sports don't exist as far as I'm concerned except tennis.
Tennis is the only women's sport where they would have a remote chance versus a male compeititor
Not even, the men hit too much harder than they're used to. The men are also a whole lot more aggressive and diverse in their styles.
I'd say maybe they'll have a chance in checkers.
-9fA
Isn't there a famous tennis women's player who beat a man once?
Yeah, although that was a long time ago. Anyways, here's the full description:
A (Bobby Riggs) master promoter of himself and the game, Riggs saw an opportunity in 1973 to make money and to elevate the popularity of a sport he loved. Although 55 years old, he deliberately played the male chauvinist card and came out of retirement to challenge one of the world's greatest female players to a match, claiming that the female game was inferior and that a top female player could not beat him even at the age of 55. The cagey Riggs challenged Margaret Court, 30 years old and the top female player in the world. In their May 13, 1973, Mother's Day match in Ramona, California, Riggs used his drop shots and lobs to keep an unprepared Court off balance. His easy 6–2, 6–1 victory landed Riggs on the cover of both Sports Illustrated and Time magazine.
Riggs had originally challenged Billie Jean King to a match, but King had declined. Following the embarrassing (to the women's pro tennis world) loss by Court to Riggs, King accepted his challenge, and on September 20, 1973, the two met in the Houston Astrodome to play what may well be the most famous tennis match of all time. King beat Riggs in the match forever known as The Battle of the Sexes 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. Unlike a match between Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova in 1992, in which Connors was allowed only one serve per point and Navratilova was allowed to hit into half the doubles court, this match was played using the normal rules of tennis.
Dude was 55 at the time lol.
-9fA
[ Edited by 9erfanAUS on Dec 21, 2010 at 8:58 AM ]
