Happy 80th birthday, Billie Jean King
Tracy Austin recalls the times she played BJK, and what made her a great inside the lines.
Millions of men and women in all corners of the globe admire Billie Jean King. Then there are those who have had the chance to compete against her.
Tracy Austin and King—a 39-time Grand Slam champion, across all disciplines—played one another six times, including twice at Wimbledon. Austin won five of those matches. But as she explains in the latest edition of “Talking Tennis with Tracy,” taking on Billie Jean was a challenge of the highest order, filled with many rare dimensions.
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