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Waiting For Rafa.
Byline: Gaby Wood. Photographed by Bruce Weber.
After fighting his way to tennis's number-one spot, Rafael Nadal is discovering in his own time that it can be lonely at the top.
Vamos, Rafa!" The crowd roars as a dashing floodlit figure serves an ace. It is round one of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, a tournament sometimes referred to as the fifth Grand Slam. After the player beats his opponent, he stops by the camera that has been broadcasting his actions in real time and signs the lens with a Sharpie. All that is left is his autograph, a grand flourish blown up on vast screens across the stadium.
The Spanish tennis sensation Rafael Nadal has ...
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