In May 1973, which male tennis player challenged and defeated Margaret Court, the world’s number one women’s player in their ‘Mother’s Day’ Match?
Margaret Court events at least twice. She also is unique in having completed a boxed set before the start of the open era in 1968 and a separate boxed set after the start of the open era. Court lost a heavily publicised and US–televised challenge match to a former World No. 1 male tennis player, the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, on 13 May 1973, in Ramona, California. Court was the top-ranked women's player at the time, and it has been reported that she did not take the match seriously because it was a mere exhibition. Using a mixture of lobs and drop shots,
Karl S. Day the American Airlines in June 1962 and settled with his wife in East Williston, New York and died on January 19, 1973 in Nassau Hospital in Mineola, New York. Day is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia together with his wife Margaret Raine Day (1900-1990). They had a son, John F., a former captain in the Marine Corps Reserve, a daughter, Nancy. Here is the ribbon bar of Lieutenant General Karl S. Day: Karl S. Day Karl Schmolsmire Day (May 30, 1896 - January 19, 1973) was a highly decorated naval aviator of the United States Marine Corps Reserve with