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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Charles Bricker
NEW YORK _ "Vamos, chico!"
Another winning forehand crashed off the racket of Rafael Nadal and he was screaming to himself over the applause. Then, as he often does, he clenched his fist as if it was wrapped around a 50-pound dumbbell, his bicep expanding to the size of a softball.
"His biceps are bigger than my head," cracked fellow pro Andy Roddick a few days ago as he contemplated the rapid rise of the most photographed man in tennis.
The game has known some oversized teenagers, but none who combined such a supreme gift for the game and an imposing physical presence as the 19-year-old prodigy from Mallorca, who has risen in one astonishing season to No. 2 in the world.
He's not going to make up the 2,655 points required to overtake No. 1 Roger Federer at the U.S. Open, which begins Monday, but there are a substantial number of wise tennis people...
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