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The Rise and Fall of the Women's Tennis Association

Susan apparently sounded too soft. He wanted me to have a hard name because he coached Angela Mortimer. But he was really tough. He was a disciplinarian and he expected nothing but the best. If you're not concentrating right from the very first minute, he said that's not good enough. And I'd taken three buses to get over there in an hour. And then it was... I'm not going home. I've been back here. She says Billy Jean King of the Women's Tennis Association helped improve women's game. Do you think much has improved? Oh, yes.

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