Yes, it did. And there's nothing wrong with an event that prompts interest in a great sport like tennis (which was my sport when I wore a younger man's tennis whites). But if it promises or implies to young women that they can face their male peers on anything like equal terms in the court, then that's a promise bound to be broken.

As I wrote, seeing trans-advocates cite the Battle of the Sexes as a reason to eliminate segregation by sex in all sports was most alarming & prompted the article.