Losing to Bobby Riggs did not help her reputation. “Oh sh*t” said Martina Navratilova “Now I am going the have to play him”.
Martina Navratilova did play him and she did win.
Martina played Connors, not Riggs.
Connors won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2 despite spotting Martina the doubles court vs the singles court for Martina.
Billie Jean King beat Riggs, but Riggs was known gambler who clearly threw the match.
Riggs demolished Court earlier in the year, 5-2, 6-1, and would have done the same to King had he chosen to do so.
Riggs lost to Billie Jean King and Martina?
I think you mean Billie Jean King. Martina was a teenager in Czechoslovakia at the time.