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 ?

1 r  ]  j$ v9 f! W7 hLooks like it.

The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
4 ^! d% U+ [; {  c For me,  his next quarter final match with Roger Federer  will decide who is this year's champion, it is the actual championship match.
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Take 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.

After 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,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.
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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.
' c  {, q: i+ K/ ]7 k" n. \: V! h3 t6 o He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.

But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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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.
7 u' {+ ~/ R0 k9 L: rWhat a match!
Those guys play with their soul.
, G/ e6 U, f" P5 hThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
+ x% l7 H" Z4 J3 o9 ?Verdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
But he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
5 [4 V! v' E8 a7 XThat is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco