Bobby Riggs vs Margaret Court MAY 13, 1973 "Mother's Day Massacre" CLASSIC TENNIS

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00:00 (TC: 01.45.44): SCORE BOARD SHOWS BOBBY RIGGS IN LEAD
00:15 (TC: 01.45.59): SET TWO OF THE BOBBY RIGGS VS MARGRET COURT TENNIS MATCH CONTINUES
03:17 (TC: 01.49.01): BOBBY RIGGS SCORES ANOTHER POINT
06:17 (TC: 01.52.01): MARGRET COURT HITS BAD SHOT AND DROPS HER RACKET IN FRUSTRATION
07:52 (TC: 01.53.36): INTENSE VOLLEY BETWEEN TENNIS PROS MARGRET COURT AND BOBBY RIGGS. COURT HITS A VERY TOUGH BALL
09:48 (TC: 01.55.32): BRAKE POINT
11:41 (TC: 01.57.25): BOBBY RIGGS MISSES BREAK POINT AND SLAPS HIS SIDE IN FRUSTRATION
14:47 (TC: 02.00.31): GAME ENDS BOBBY RIGGS WINS 6 TO 2 AND 6 TO 1..RIGGS LEAPS OVER NET TO SHAKE MARGRET COURT'S HAND

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1) court rarely coming to net? 2) hardly ever dropshotting Riggs? 3) not running around her backhand? 4) simply should have been able to just get the ball back to win, because surely at her age she was in prime physical condition over any man, including riggs, at 55 years old and who had not played competitive tennis for years and years....And what was with Court's strings? They sound very off, like bad tension, like she was playing with a badminton racket....