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 ?
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Looks like it.
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& S" X: S1 A5 s- e" u' |, a0 RThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
) X% d1 x/ _! U% r% ~' L5 [ 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,
6 Q2 {/ N0 V$ T0 K- C* C% E1 Rmoving 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.
He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.

, Q3 y8 I4 P# t" f- E! eBut a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.

0 L: @: A# |4 P2 GVerdasco 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 Y6 r2 h% k6 c- m+ U( cWhat a match!
% E3 o  r% S+ k) L* xThose guys play with their soul.
' _8 C5 S; E3 W' e2 SThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
4 @& |! d  {' iVerdasco 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.
# ~0 {1 Z% [5 v/ V- PThat is the spirit  of tennis.
8 k5 @0 X( b2 I: j7 SThat is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco