«Father was dead, and mother knew
nothing about tennis,» she says today without any apparent bitterness.
Not exact matches
But, walk inside, and... let's just say there's
nothing low - key
about the orange, tropical - plant patterned floors, the pastel - marble bar stools, or the lights wired with garden hoses, not to mention the bag of
tennis balls hangs from the ceiling, the floral oilcloths on the tables, or the «PLEASE WAIT TO BE TASTED» in plastic letters on the menu board.
There was
nothing fair, whatever that means in this case,
about the Battle of the Sexes: Riggs was 55 and had retired from the main circuit years ago; the 29 - year - old King was the reigning champion of women's
tennis but also saddled with the burden of «justifying» female professional athletics, if not the entire Second Wave of feminism, to the world.
There's
nothing predictable or consistent
about playing
tennis this way — and there's no do - overs, or practice volleys, either.
Now, I realize it's cheap to lump another eight or some odd games into this category here, including the Mario Golf and
Tennis games for the Game Boy Advance, the Wii versions of
Tennis, Strikers, and Sluggers, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, and the Mario Basketball game for the DS, but to be honest, I either have
nothing to say
about them since they're exactly the same as their counterparts on other systems, or I haven't played them.
Apparently, there's absolutely
nothing special
about this place, it just acts like the standard
tennis court does.