Tennis Tattle Tuesday
I'm sure any tennis fan knows that Nadal has been out with injury since Wimbledon and the bad news is that he doesn't know when he'll be able to come back to tennis. Rafa fans are disappointed, I'm sure about that. Other fans are unhappy too since he won't be there to compete in the great rivalries. It's a knee injury, which isn't surprising considering he's always had tape around his knee when playing.
And since there isn't much interesting news in tennis at this moment, let's go back in time. In September of 1973, there was a match called "Battle of the Sexes" where Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs. And King won in straight sets. That's a bit surprising. What do you think would happen nowadays if we had like Serena Williams play Roger Federer? I'm sure Federer would win (right?), but she would get a few games. If you average her serve, it's about 106 mph and that's a dink in mens' tennis. It would not be as effective as it is in the women's circuit. Still, it would be very interesting to see how a women would fare against a man of the same rank. Hopefully ATP and WTA will get together to arrange something like that one day!
And since there isn't much interesting news in tennis at this moment, let's go back in time. In September of 1973, there was a match called "Battle of the Sexes" where Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs. And King won in straight sets. That's a bit surprising. What do you think would happen nowadays if we had like Serena Williams play Roger Federer? I'm sure Federer would win (right?), but she would get a few games. If you average her serve, it's about 106 mph and that's a dink in mens' tennis. It would not be as effective as it is in the women's circuit. Still, it would be very interesting to see how a women would fare against a man of the same rank. Hopefully ATP and WTA will get together to arrange something like that one day!
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