(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.