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Ashe brought class, dignity to U.S. Open win

Arthur Ashe is a stadium now, which will have to suffice for tomorrow night's 40-year celebration of tennis' transformative "open era" that dawned in 1968. Of the 40 people - 21 men and 19 women - who won at least one U.S. singles title during that time, all are living except the first male champion, Arthur Ashe.

The 11-year-old structure that carries his name assures a certain immortality,...

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