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What might a billionaire lose at? Turns out, tennis.

What might a billionaire lose at? Turns out, tennis.

Aussies Bernard Tomic and Omar Jasika made easy work of financier Bill Ackman, 59, in his first “pro” tournament, an official meet of the lower-level ATP Challenger tour known as the Hall of Fame Open.

Bill Ackman, the billionaire financier, has succeeded at pretty much everything he’s done, professionally and otherwise. He built his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, into a winner. He backed US President Donald Trump’s third campaign – and second term. And he’s a prolific poster on social media, regularly plopping long treatises on X, which helped him become internet-famous.

Tennis, however, is different.

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