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In tennis, "Battle of the Sexes" describes various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in one case.The term is most famously used for an internationally televised match in 1973 held at the Houston Astrodome between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year-old Billie Jean King, [4] which King won in three sets.
The São Paulo Swallow, the Tennis Ballerina = Maria Bueno [97] [98] [99] Senorita Topspin = Conchita Martínez; Scud = Mark Philippoussis [100] Sliderman = Gaël Monfils [101] Special Kei = Kei Nishikori; Spice Girls [102] = Anna Kournikova; Martina Hingis; Stanimal, Stan the Man = Stanislas Wawrinka; Superbrat = John McEnroe [103] Super Simo ...
Pages in category "Tennis matches" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Battle of Surfaces;
A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to begin the point. The most common serve is used is an overhead serve.It is initiated by tossing the ball into the air over the server's head and hitting it when the arm is fully stretched out (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.
Laver successfully defended his title at the "Tennis Champions Classic", winning 13 consecutive winner-take-all matches against top opponents and US$160,000. For the year, Laver won a then-record US$292,717 in tournament prize money and became the first tennis player to surpass US$1 million in career prize money.
This form of tennis is rare in the professional game because the men's and women's tours are organized separately (by the ATP and WTA, respectively). However, all four Grand Slam tournaments hold a mixed doubles competition, alongside the men's and women's doubles, featuring many of the same players.
Italy's Mount Etna shot lava into the sky on Sunday, 12 November, spewing ash high over the Mediterranean island of Sicily. According to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology ...
In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points. In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw of top-level events. It has also happened a number of times in the pre-tournament qualifier of the ...