Jimmy Connors' skill at tennis is normally exceeded only by his preening selfesteem. In the preliminary rounds of the men's singles at Wimbledon, Defending Champion Connors, 22, rated No. 1 in the world, had not dropped a set, prompting him to predict smugly that last week's final would be "just another day at the office." Like Connors, the odds makers figured the match would merely be a mildly interesting footnote to tennis history, and that only because his opponent, Arthur Ashe, 31, was the first black to reach the men's finals in Wimbledon's center...
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