Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article2372323.ece)
On this day in US Open history, exactly three decades ago Renee Richards, the 43-year-old transsexual, who fought for more than a year for the right to play in the women's singles of a major championship, was beaten 6-1, 6-4 in the first round by Wimbledon champion, Virginia Wade.