Battle of the sexes, exhibition tennis match between billie jean king and bobby riggs that took place on september 20, 1973, inside the astrodome in houston. Kyrgios claimed that he could beat sabalenka. Australia's nick kyrgios will face women's world number one aryna sabalenka in tennis's latest 'battle of the sexes' fixture on 28 december 2025. On september 20, 1973, tennis legend billie jean king faced bobby riggs in a highly publicized match known as the “battle of the sexes” at the houston astrodome. It’s hard to explain, if you weren’t there at the time, why the battle of the sexes—the 1973 tennis match between billie jean king and bobby riggs—was so important. Battle of the sexes in tennis describes various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in one case.
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