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Robert Ryland, first Black pro tennis player, dead at 100

| August 13, 2020 3:30 PM

Robert Ryland, the first Black professional tennis player and later a coach to such stars as Arthur Ashe and Serena and Venus Williams, has died. He was 100.

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