Sometimes the headline story doesn’t tell the whole story and misses the best story. So it was when it was announced that Bob Bryan is the new Captain of the U.S. Davis Cup Team.
about seven different ways. he was a shot make jer he would always go for broke. he didn t really want to have ten hits in a rally and then try to win the point. here are four of the world s best internationally recognized players. practicing doubles. arthur ashe. bright young member of the united states davis cup team. star of the future. the fact my skin is brown. my hair is a certain way. people look at me. sure, he is a negro before anything else. but now it s well, it s almost like money in the bank. what do you mean? well, this world tennis now being the only one i m a drawing card whether i like it or not. by the mid-1960s arthur ashe
it s inevitable that you will be referred to as the first negro this and the first negro that. are there still country clubs in this country where you wouldn t be welcome? oh, sure. yes. really? yes. there are some tournaments i can t play in alabama or louisiana. if they don t want me it s okay with me. i majored in business at ucla. that was a very busy time in my classes and also practicing with the team. but when black students from black colleges in the south were getting their heads kicked in at the sit-ins, i didn t like myself for not speaking out more. i was more single focused about tennis and i i felt very guilty about doing that. arthur was named to the davis cup team.
arthur kind of jumped into the court. he had a tremendous serve. i mean, whip-like. but his backhand, he could hit about seven different ways. he was a shot maker. he would always go for broke. he didn t really want to have ten hits in a long rally. he would hit four or five times and then he d really try to win the point. here are four of the world s best internationally recognized players practicing doubles. arthur ashe. bright young member of the united states davis cup team. star of the future. the fact that my skin is brown, my hair is a certain way, people look at me, sure, he s a negro before anything else. that s the way it is. but now it s well, it s almost like money in the bank for me now in a way. what do you mean?
here, mcenroe was joined by other members of the u.s. davis cup team. his attire provoked this introduction from team captain arthur ashe. wearing the foster grants. ray-bans. bruce springsteen s sidekick, john patrick mcenroe jr. i remember wondering how arthur and the volatile younger generation of tennis would get along. what did i say? tell me. please tell me. please tell me. you could see sam smith, rod laver, and arthur, they were perfect gentlemen. and then these young shouting hoodlums acting wild kids come along. i think it was quite a challenge. i like to stick to protocol. i like to stick to the rules. there are a lot of little incidents with john.