Arthur Ashe v Jimmy Connors: Wimbledon Final 1975 (Extended Highlights)

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• KU

  @kurtzwar729 · 1 year ago

  Love Arthur Ashe.  I met him in Seattle in 1980.  He was a tennis racquet designer for Head.  He was selling his racquets at a big sports store.  I asked Arthur to touch his racquet all over the handle and frame.  He laughed and smiled and did just that.  I thanked him for all of his courageous work in civil rights in America.  Ashe was a true patriot and gentleman.

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• LA

  @ladymusiclover · 9 years ago

  R.I.P Arthur Ashe.

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• CR

  @critter7052 · 8 years ago

  Arthur Ashe was not only a great tennis player, but the epitome of class and a great humanitarian.  He is greatly missed.

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• MO

  @morpheusspirit6609 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Arthur Ashe was not just a great tennis player. He played tennis like how an artist paints a magnificent masterpiece; with so much style, grace and beauty. Also a true inspiration to all.

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• IA

  @iamshadowbanned699 · 6 years ago

  I love the way Arthur Ashe plays here. Great serve, beautiful slice on both the forehand and backhand sides, and his elegant, cat-like movement.

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• CH

  @charleskristiansson1296 · 3 years ago

  Ashe and Connors were very different breeds of men. Ashe was a true gentleman.

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• TW

  @tweetingsparks · 6 years ago

  Tennis felt a bit more upscale and luxuriously fabulous during this era. Even the narrators accent is posh. I heart Arthur Ashe.

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• DE

  @deneenjeffries2768 · 6 years ago

  I watched this when I was eleven, we were at my cousins house warming. I didn’t know who he was I just know we were proud of the black tennis player, after this match I learned to play tennis with the junior tennis league in the nyc parks. Ashe founded it

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• CR

  @crsantin · 6 years ago

  Really terrific image quality here for 1975. What a treat to watch. Playing on the grass with those small racquet heads would be incredibly difficult. Arthur Ashe was a true gentleman and had such a graceful style.

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• MA

  @Mark-sj3xb · 8 years ago

  Crowds were much more neutral and civil in those days. Note that there is only light applause on unforced errors unlike today.

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• AM

  @ampiciline · 9 years ago (edited)

  That wide slice serve of  Mr. Ashe was THE key. A fan from Iran

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• FR

  @frankiehunter. · 6 years ago (edited)

  It has been the most surprising victory in the history of Wimbldon finals till today. Connors was a No. 1 player and a huge favorite but Ashe played the best match of his life. The world was stunned. I like the way Arthur Ashe behaved after victory. No histrionics, no jumping, no lying on the grass. He was very dignified in victory. He behaved like a true aristrocrat.

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