(1)…… …… was on 20 September 1973 that Bobby
Riggs met Billie Jean King on the tennis court.
Of all
the tennis matches until then, this was probably the
(2)… ……….that attracted the most attention.
Riggs
had once been a champion, but at 55 he was getting
rather old for top-class tennis. But he
considered
(3)… .. a better player than any woman. In fact, he
thought women should go home and find (4)…
………. useful to do in the kitchen. Billie Jean King,
on the other hand, was a 29-year-old star of women’s
tennis and a feminist. Riggs thought that (5) …
………..would be a good idea to play King. He was
sure he could beat (6)… ………….. King agreed to
play. (7)… …………was a lot of interest in the match,
and more or less (8)… …………in the country was
looking forward to (9)… …………..On the night of the
match, (10)… …………..were over 30,000 people in
the Houston Astrodrome. When Riggs and King came
face to face with (11)… ……………other, they had 50
million people watching (12)… …………on TV. The
match didn’t work out for Riggs, because Billie Jean
King defeated (13)… ……………..6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
