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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Charles Bricker
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. _ With his booming first serve taking a siesta, Andy Roddick reached into his bag of secondary weapons Tuesday and showed an increasingly amazed tennis world that he's more than just an 18-year-old, 140 mph hitting machine.
Mixing in drop volleys, an impeccable running lob and a kick serve that would draw nods of approval from the master himself, Patrick Rafter, Roddick swept past Andrei Pavel and into the quarterfinals of the Ericsson Open.
On a Tuesday afternoon that began warm, turned blustery, then dropped enough rain to delay the match one hour and four minutes, Roddick sputtered often but produced his best tennis on the big points for a 7-6 (10), 6-2 win that made him the youngest man ever to reach the final...
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