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Today in History
Today is Sunday, July 4, the 185th day of 2021. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 4, 1976, America celebrated its bicentennial with daylong festivities; President Gerald R. Ford made stops in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and New York, where more than 200 ships paraded up the Hudson River in Operation Sail.
On this date:
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York.
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Zhang of China makes breakthrough despite loss at Wimbledon
The first man to represent China in the main draw at Wimbledon during the Open era was eliminated in the opening round Tuesday.
Zhang Zhizhen lost to Antoine Hoang of France, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, but found consolation in getting a chance to play on tennis’ grandest stage.
“I’m really happy to be a Chinese man here, especially this year, a very tough year,” Zhang said. “For me it’s a very good experience. It’s not really bad to lose, you know?”
Even so, Zhang noted a wall at the All England Club displaying flags from different nations, and he speculated the Chinese flag might hang more prominently if he had won a match or two.
Lacoste, who was nicknamed “the crocodile,” won the Wimbledon singles in 1925 and 1928, the French singles in 1925, 1927, and 1929, and became the first foreigner to win the U.S. championship twice (1926–27). With Borotra, he won the British doubles in 1925 and the French doubles in 1924, 1925, and 1929.
A methodical player, Lacoste would study every aspect of tennis before a match, and he would wait for an opponent to weaken. His best-known game was perhaps the 1927 U.S. championship, in which he drove Bill Tilden to exhaustion in the two-hour final. After winning the 1929 French championship, Lacoste retired. Decades later, sportshirts and other items of apparel with his “crocodile” emblem (although somehow changed to an alligator) became popular throughout the world. He and his fellow “musketeers” were elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1976.