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Jun 2023
27m 54s

Fifty years of the Women’s Tennis Associ...

Bbc World Service
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Tennis has a level of equality that women in other many other sports must envy, with equal prize money and media coverage at many top tournaments. Much of this is down to the work of the Women's Tennis Association, founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King and other players to unite all of women's professional tennis in one tour. To mark the 50th anniversary, Kim ... Show More
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