I need help with a confusing SAT grammar question!

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<p>Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player (that they recognized as) a world champion, began playing amateur tennis in the 1940's</p>

<p>The question tells me to replace the sentence in brackets</p>

<p>I chose: to be recognized as
but the correct answer is: that was recognized to be</p>

<p>I can understand why it could be "that was recognized..." instead of "to be recognized..." because "player" is a functionary and so "a player that ..." is OKAY.</p>

<p>but how does the end of the correct answer make any sense? "recognized to be" is awkward. Should be "Recognized as" in my opinion</p>

<p>Also, what makes my answer incorrect?</p>

<p>please be concise </p>

<p>x thanks : )</p>

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<p>Which book is this from? This isn’t the Blue Book, is it?</p>

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<p>Their answer is completely incorrect. “that was recognized to be” is grammatically flawed as “who” should always be used instead of “that” when referring to a person. Your answer is correct, ignore the answer in the book!</p>

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<p>Huh. That’s odd. “First” is one person. So, “that” isn’t useful, as she’s not one in a group. She’s the first. So, I would have edited it as “to be recognized”. </p>

<p>Should be: Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player to be recognized as a world champion, began playing amateur tennis in the 1940s.</p>