Battle of the sexes !

Alejandro D

Semi-Pro
I saw the Navratilova Connors match. The rules for that match were that Martina could hit into one the doubles lanes and Jimbo got only one service. Martina put a fight on the first set but she lost it and Connors won the second easily. I don't remember the score but it was something like 7/5 6/1. Martina looked very nervous, missed a lot of easy shots, made many double faults.
 

scotus

G.O.A.T.
I have heard of this match but never seen it before.

I was suprised to hear that Connors gave up the doubles alleys, but the video shows that these were reduced-size doubles alleys, maybe a half of the width of the standard size.
 

Alejandro D

Semi-Pro
Well, he had to give her some advantage. Otherwise he'd double bagel her. Connors was an active player and still in the top 20 by then.
 
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