The Battle of the Sexes is a title given to three notable tennis matches between a male and female player. The first match was between Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court, best of three sets. The second was a nationally televised best-of-five-set match between Riggs and Billie Jean King. In an interview, Billie Jean King said that as soon as she heard that Court lost to Riggs, it was a must to compete with him (Piers Morgan interview). Bobby Riggs was one of the best American players of the 1930s and 1940s, and he was also King's hero. She believed she was only beating Riggs because she respected him so much. The moment she won marked the day she showed her appreciation to all female athletes. King also received feedback from men in their 40s, 50s and 60s who have daughters, saying the battle had changed them. For example, President Obama watched the battle when he was thirteen and told King how it influenced him. Today he has two daughters and he makes sure they have the same opportunities as boys. Not just for his children, but for the rest of the United States. All because King showed the world that men and women can be