My impression on this year's Ausie Open Man's tennis

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Will Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

Looks like it.
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$ |$ u* k0 O2 Q6 z4 x  zThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
2 _' l( ]; H( |7 w5 D9 L$ `* i For me,  his next quarter final match with Roger Federer  will decide who is this year's champion, it is the actual championship match.

/ w2 F& i% u$ t+ o% }% w! JTake the fact he beat both Federer and Nadal in one tournament twice in a row  in these two months. He has a chance. We will probably see a new Champion.
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9 {" b2 h4 t& q' N2 RAfter getting rid of the tennis gambling scandal years ago, Davydenco is now a rising star, stepping firmly towards  his goal.
He is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
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$ @6 @) Y. t4 H, J Personally I do not like him, you can not find a flaw but there isnt any passion in his game. You should call him a robot, evertyhing is settled, programmed and manufactured. It is just a process, an iron  man on the court.
He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.
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Verdasco is playing the style I like the most, full of passion, and improvised  shots. This make tennis such an enjoyable sport to watch. I still remember the last year match between him and Nadal.
What a match!
9 t$ i! l+ A7 TThose guys play with their soul.
% \. _1 G/ S* mThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
0 T# p$ g" g) T4 MVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
8 W$ r2 k1 Y$ UBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
$ ]' l8 f! N  D9 R) NThat is the spirit  of tennis.
: r; ~5 m5 K, w) DThat is the very spirits of the sport.

5 l6 g( c5 w, w- WCheers to Verdasco