October Richard Pagliaro 10/19/2023

King Unmasked on Masked Singer

By Adrianna Outlaw | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 19, 2023Billie Jean King was happy to lose her head on national television.Hall of Famer King was unmasked as the Royal Hen on last night's episode of The Masked Singer.More: Slumping Rune Sent PackingKing performed Philadelphia Freedom, a song written for her World TeamTennis squad by her good friend, rock star and tennis fan Elton John. The tennis trailblazer said while she had a lot of fun doing the show, it was so hot under that Royal Hen mask she was happy to remove it in the end.At that point, it was pretty evident BJK was behind the Royal Hen.Long-time tennis fans will remember King famously battling both Bobby Riggs, Oscar Madison and Felix Unger on The Odd CouplePhoto credit: Billie Jean King Twitter]]>

Richard Pagliaro

Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He is a graduate of New York University and has covered pro tennis for more than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and worked as a writer/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.