Billie Jean King's Tennis Aspirations

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Billie Jean King: Tennis great on format changes, Saudi Arabia and Emma Raducanu

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Billie Jean King turns 81 next week , but does not want tennis targeted at people like her.

Instead, she wants to see names and numbers on the back of shirts and a simplified scoring system to entice the young.

The winner of 39 Grand Slam titles is conflicted by the WTA 's move into Saudi Arabia .

But she thinks a female world number one from the Middle East "could influence in a huge way".

This year she reached the fourth round of Wimbledon and a world ranking of 58th despite a recent foot injury and choosing a minimal schedule in the lead up to the US Open . "If she can stay healthy long enough, then we'll see how good she is," King said. "But if you keep getting injured, you never get that momentum going. If you've been injured - really injured - I always want to give a player at least a year and a half to recover. "It takes a lot to come back from injury and you have got to be very patient.".

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