I just saw the movie of this famous tennis match. After seeing this clip I would really LOVE to see the entire match that aired on ABC. If you have this opening I'm sure the rest of it exists somewhere. If you can, can you please post it. That would be cool. Thank you.
I remember several of the top players, of the day, speculating, immediately afterwards, that Riggs “threw” the match. They all noticed that Riggs consistently hit easy returns directly in front of BJK, and hit several returns directly into the bottom of the net. Those were things that they had NEVER seen a player of Rigg’s quality do!
A 55-year-old threw a match against someone that wa 26 years younger than him? People like to grasp for straws sometimes. At the end of the day he's 55. Sure made for great television though.
john newcombe: "the girls"... cliff robertson: billie jean plays like a "man" ....rosie grier: "she's a beautiful lady"....different times i guess....none of the current players or the "celebs" had any clue really? all billie jean had to do (which is basically what she did do and what court should have done) is kept the ball in play.. no man at 55 years old and riggs who was NOT some physical specimen in any way would have had the conditioning and endurance of a world class athlete like court or king decades younger then him!...
