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that's it. >> new ball. >> shots are 2-2. >> got by him. >> comes back with it! >> you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you're playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor's edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body's floating within myself. >> the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and ...

that's it. [ applause ] >> 2-2. >> comes back with it! >> you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you're playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor's edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body's floating within myself. >> the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and ...

Championship points. 40-15. >> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men's wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that's the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they're playing tennis like crazy. >> in '75, we both win in wimbledon. it's like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i ...

>> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men's wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that's the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they're playing tennis like crazy. >> in '75, we both win in wimbledon. it's like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i remember dancing with him. i...