Ashe Remembered

The city that barred young Arthur Ashe from its whites-only tennis courts dedicated a monument to him on a boulevard lined with statues of Confederate heroes.

The 12-foot bronze statue of the first black man to win Wimbledon was unveiled on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., after more than a year of racially divisive bickering in the former capital of the Confederacy.

Ashe left his segregated hometown as a teenager. He died in 1993 of AIDS, contracted from a blood transfusion he received during heart surgery.

Plans to honor Ashe with a statue on Monument Avenue drew bitter opposition from people who said the street should be reserved for leaders of the Confederacy.

At Gstaad, Switzerland, three days after playing - and losing - in the Wimbledon singles final, Malivai Washington lost his first-round match at the clay court Swiss Open, falling to Francisco Clavet of Spain 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.