Billie Jean King is a person who fought for equal representation for women in tennis. She raised her voice against narrowmindedness and laid the foundation for establishing the WTA. Having worked towards eradicating gender inequality in tennis, she understands the struggle women face in different fields.

She has always been supportive of fellow women pioneers. Speaking of which, she recently congratulated Judy Woodruff for receiving a well-deserved award.

Billie Jean King writes a note for Woodruff

The American broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff was awarded with a lifetime achievement award on Thursday. In response, the 12-time Grand Slam champion took to Twitter to congratulate her, and wrote. “Congratulations to Judy Woodruff on her Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in Television News.”

Thereafter, she added, “Such a well-deserved honor for a trailblazing journalist.” Woodruff has worked for cable, network and public television news and is famous for exclusively covering presidential elections.

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Also, she has interviewed many renowned and pivotal personalities. One among those is Billie Jean King herself. Their most recent interaction happened last year on PBS NewsHour’s platform.

King at the 2022 French Open

The French Open of this season portrayed what the future of the sport is going to be like. Two young bloods fought for the title in the red dirt of Paris. Therefore, how could the former World no.1 miss out on watching the beginning of the new era of women’s tennis? Also, a tribute was planned for the legend on the occasion of 50 years of her Roland Garros triumph.

The current world no.1 Iga Swiatek entered the final riding high on a monstrous 34 match winning streak. Whereas the 18-year-old Coco Gauff created history by being the youngest player since Maria Sharapova to reach the final of a major.

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The American rising star and the world no.1 locked horns in the Court Philippe-Chatrier. While Gauff came with a record of complete dominance and straight set victories over every opponent, the Pole had dropped just one set throughout the tournament. In the finals, Swiatek outclassed the American teenager and grabbed a straightforward 6-1 6-3 win.