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Moya the mentor vs. Nadal the student in quarters

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Monday, June 4, 2007

PARIS -- Mallorca, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, is a sun-splashed tourist destination off the coast of Spain. It is an island of fewer than one million people, yet it has produced three of the last nine French Open men's singles champions. In a week's time, the number could well be four. This is not a fortuitous coincidence, a random accident of nature. Carlos Moya, who was born in the capital of Palma, was the 1998 champion. In part, because he has been a distinctly generous ment ...

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