Gauff Salutes Zina Garrison, 'Pioneer' in Black Tennis
Garrison says the sport has gained Black stars but remains too expensive for many players, even as brands spotlight new talent.
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Garrison was the first African-American since Arthur Ashe, of great career in the 1960s and 1970s, to arrive steadily at the second week of the Grand Slams. When she joined the circuit in the early 1980s there were other leading black players, including French Yannick Noah, champion of Roland Garros in 1983. But her access to the Wimbledon final in 1990, the first of a big with a black American player since Ashe's triumph there in 1975, transcen…
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Gauff salutes Zina Garrison, 'pioneer' in Black tennis
So Garrison, a former world number four who is often remembered as the 1990 Wimbledon finalist, was surprised when she was contacted about a documentary to be executive produced by Gauff, who was born eight years after Garrison retired in 1996. "It was kind of like, 'Oh, really?,'" said Garrison, who became "really excited" as she learned more. US Open semi-finalist Gauff calls Garrison "a pioneer for moving the needle in tennis from a cultural …
Black tennis pioneer Zina Garrison has been a reference for the Williams sisters and Coco Gauff
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