ways, to laugh when he would say absurd things, and then to go and beat his butt. and that's what she did. >> so, susan, in 1973, billie jean king is 30 years old, she's a very accomplished tennis player, but tell us who is billie jean king in 1973, what does america see, who is she? >> they're seeing her mainly as a tennis player. she's also a tennis player who embraced and linked her career with the women's movement. i think what we need to remember is that in the early 1970s, the women's movement was a topic of great conversation and confusion for a lot of americans. and what is so interesting about her is that she's able to link her desire to be the number one tennis player and to improve things for women's professional tennis with her own career. and people really are seeing her on the tennis court, but they're also seeing her against a backdrop of this new social movement called feminism which is just sweeping the country. >> she -- so bobby riggs wins the -- the first battle of the