Women's tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King issued a statement following Kamala Harris's loss in the US Presidential Election.
Currently, the world's best women's tennis players are competing in the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It would be impossible to talk about the rise of women's sports without noting the trailblazing work of Billie Jean King.
Thanks to her stellar reputation in the sports world, King is one of the most important voices in tennis. Following the United States Presidential Election, King issued a statement across all of her social media platforms."Throughout my life, I have fought many battles that at the time seemed daunting and unwinnable," wrote the winner of 1973's Battle of the Sexes tennis exhibition.
King concluded, "As Vice President Harris said today, 'The light of America's promise will always burn bright as long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting.' Let's do this together."King has a resume that is unmatched by any modern athlete. Her many accolades date back to winning the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1967 and becoming the first female athlete ever to be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1972.
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