January 5, 2005
Rising star
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December 3. Rafael Nadal plays a forehand during his match against Andy Roddick in the second rubber of the Davis Cup World Group final at the Estadio Olimpico de Sevilla in Seville, Spain.
Nadal blunted the world's fastest serving player 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-2 and gave Spain a 2-0 lead.
Spain clinched the Davis Cup when Carlos Moya beat Roddick to give Spain an unassailable 3-1 lead over the US.
Moya's victory over Roddick made his fellow Mallorcan, Nadal, the youngest player to win the Davis Cup. Aged 18 years and 185 days, Nadal beat the record set by Australia's Pat Cash in 1983 by 30 days.
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