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By Johan Kriek

Just saw the premier opening at a movie theatre of the “Battle of the Sexes” . We were invited and my coaches came and it was fun!

Bobby Riggs the gambler and showman who was a terrific professional (probably more professional in gambling but he called it hustling) vs Billie Jean King the trailblazer and living icon in women’s tennis.

Vince Spadea was the tennis double for Riggs with one handed slice backhands and he did a great job. I have no idea who doubled as a player for Billie Jean but she was great too!

The storyline was great, the videography shooting it was very realistic for the colors of the time on tv (looks analog) vs the bright HD of today’s tv would not have worked. The extras were great especially seeing my pal Lornie Kuhle as the on court announcer and interviewer.

All in all a very good tennis movie with a very compelling story and the climb of women’s tennis to professionalism equal in prize money to the men we see today. I normally didn’t like tennis movies in the past because they were quite bad and one could easily see the bad strokes etc but this one was very realistic for the times. I learned some new things I didn’t know before and I wonder if others know more than I from that era who may say “well that scene was a bit “Hollywoodish”. I recommend go see it!

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