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Originally Posted by parisron
Battle of the Sexes was ok until they had tennis being played. A 13 year old untrained kid could hit harder, what a joke.
As a former tennis pro, I think your comment is the joke. Let's see you hit the ball much harder with the wooden rackets they used back then. Go watch the famous Borg/McEnroe tirbreaker from Wimbledon and you'll be amazed at how how slow the ball is moving compared to today.
Tennis back then was about ball placement and finesse...it was more of a chess match, trying to move your opponent into an awkward position. It was hard to just blast the ball past someone with a whippy, wooden racket.