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Ashe vs Connors: Wimbledon 1975 – Tennis that went beyond centre court

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Early in July of 2015, tennis will celebrate the 40th anniversary of what may well be the greatest upset in the annals of tennis.

There have been other key matches during which the disparity between the favourite and the victorious underdog may have been more pronounced by standards of the sport. But none has been more resonant, or flush with meaning and contrasts. For this was once not only a contest between a mercurial, seemingly unstoppable prodigy and an undemonstrative veteran, it also embodied a clash of values in a all of a sudden changing world, and in the sport itself.

This is the story of two tennis greats lives, from the local park courts of their boyhood to the summer of 1975 an this most resonant of Wimbledon finals, which Ashe won to grow to be the first black male Champion. On the other hand, like the most productive sports books written, that is a lot more than a only a story about one match, but a metaphor for a changing world, the end of an era and a last triumph for the passing guard.ΓΏ

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