Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYArthur Ashe, 1969
Stars and Stripes
January 5, 2019
Masahiko Nakamura ©Stars and StripesTokyo, January, 1969: U.S. Davis Cup tennis team member, reigning U.S. Open champion and Army veteran Arthur Ashe warms up for an exhibition match against Japan's Ichizo Konishi at the chilly Komazawa Gym. Ashe won, 6-4, 6-4. The U.S. team had just returned from Vietnam, where they played matches for troops at Saigon and Da Nang.