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The American tennis star who helped train Steve Carell and Emma Stone for the Battle of the Sexes film

Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King’s historic Battle of the Sexes match was given the Hollywood treatment in 2017. Academy Award-winning Emma Stone portrayed King, while Riggs was played by The Office legend Steve Carell.

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