![]() ![]() ![]() The Margaret Court match had already happened, and she lost (to Riggs) - that was Mother's Day that year. I have a July birthday, so I remember my godmother gave me a birthday present - she may have made it herself from newspaper article clippings about the match that was coming up. I remember a tremendous lead-up to Battle of the Sexes. Bringing the tennis to life in 'Battle of the Sexes'.So that was a big, important year - to know that I was elite not just in Maryland or in mid-Atlantic or in my USTA section, but nationally, I was starting to get on the map. But when I was 13, I think that was the year that, behind Tracy Austin, I had become ranked nationally. I still played varsity basketball my freshman year of high school - basketball was the last sport I gave up for my tennis. It's when I gave up skiing, I gave up winter sports. ![]() When I was 13, tennis became more of my life. But in the scheme of how the top 11-year-olds train these days, I didn't play anywhere near the amount of tennis. I was starting to play some state tournaments, maybe I played one national tournament. It was becoming a bigger part of my life, but it was still mainly my summer hobby. Living in Baltimore at age 11, I was still not single-focused on tennis. She recalled for espnW her memories of that day. Pam Shriver, who would go on to win 21 major doubles titles, was 11 at the time. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. ![]()
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