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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
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Step 3: Read each sentence below. Then, identify the italicized section by the type of sentence element it is.
1. Bobby Riggs was a top men's tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. [Hint]
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2.1973, he told anyone who would listen that men played tennis at a much higher level than women.
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3. Riggs challenged Margaret Court, one of the world's best women tennis players, and defeated her by a score of 6-2, 6-1.
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4. He also repeatedly issued Billie Jean King the same challenge, and King, after rejecting many challenges, decided to play Riggs.
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5. Riggs and King faced each other at the Houston Astrodome on September 20, 1973, and the tennis match was dubbed the Battle of the Sexes.
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6. A television audience estimated at 50 million people in thirty-seven countries watched Riggs and King play.
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7. The famous match turned out to be not all that interesting because King easily beat Riggs with a score of 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
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8. However, the Riggs-King match was extremely effective in developing greater recognition and respect for women's tennis and women athletes in general.
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9. Afterward, King said, "I thought it would set us back fifty years if I didn't win that match."
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10. The match had also given King the fame that enabled her to establish the women's tennis tour, the Women's Tennis Association, and the Women's Sports Foundation.
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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
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