BILLIE JEAN KING HONORED AT US OPEN
Billie Jean King looks at the plaque at the naming ceremony for the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center held at the 2006 US Tennis Open in New York on August 28, 2006..(UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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