The biggest strife with tennis films has been the on-court ... as if you’re watching real footage of the 1973 match. The Battle of the Sexes is out in select theaters, and premieres worldwide ...

Battle of the Sexes is loosely based on a real-life tennis match in 1973 between two sporting superstars in the US. When Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) discovers the prize money for the US men’s ...

The men’s game saw Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors do battle ... the match, we went to the same locker room … and I was like, ‘When did you start to play tennis?’ ...