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Dick Enberg just mentioned that on this very day in 1968 Arthur Ashe won his first US Open. Ashe accomplished so much not just for himself but for the tennis world as well. Gone too soon, rest in peace Arthur! 
Arthur Ashe on this day in 1968
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LuvTheGame
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What? No love for Arthur 
Limpinhitter
G.O.A.T.
And, he did it as an amature. He was in the Army and didn't collect the prize money.
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pc1
G.O.A.T.
Excellent player, one of the greats. As I've mentioned in the past I went to a clinic of his many many years ago and I learned a lot from that one clinic.
When he was on his game, on a medium to fast surface, there are very few in the history of tennis I think could stand up to him. He had a big serve, good volley, a great backhand and good forehand and his movement was good. And he seemed like a great person and from all reports he was a great person.
Ashe's backhand, along with Laver's are the most versatile backhands I've ever seen.
When he was on his game, on a medium to fast surface, there are very few in the history of tennis I think could stand up to him. He had a big serve, good volley, a great backhand and good forehand and his movement was good. And he seemed like a great person and from all reports he was a great person.
Ashe's backhand, along with Laver's are the most versatile backhands I've ever seen.
Limpinhitter
G.O.A.T.
pc1
G.O.A.T.
His backhand was known for being his best shot. It was awesome. I've seen Ashe play in his prime many times and the only two problems I saw with his backhand was that he had so many shots on the backhand that he didn't know which one to pick. The other was he often didn't play the percentages and went for too many winners which he would often make because of his great talent.
Ashe's backhand volley was exceptional too, one of the best. There were a lot of great backhand volleys in those day, Roche, Rosewall, Laver, Ashe, Emerson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0j_UHAk3E
Ashe just had incredible power in almost every shot. That's very rare. People often seem to think he played regularly like the way he played Connors during the 1975 Wimbledon final but that was totally different from his normal power game. That's what stunned people at the time because Ashe just never played like that. Ashe admitted for example he often forgot to lob during a match.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf4wrrpzdYc&feature=related
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