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

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9 O* c/ a" _5 ^1 CWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

Looks like it.

The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
" y5 |& D6 ?$ J! \2 S, U" @ 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.
: q* `3 l# l8 e6 h1 |3 G2 c5 bHe is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.

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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, W7 y: ^+ h9 e; H, h# ?+ [But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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9 S, D8 [! y" vVerdasco 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.
# r' c+ X+ Z2 M' P# B( Y# vWhat a match!
Those guys play with their soul.
# S9 F. U7 u! [! [' lThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
, ^6 c& U& z: R/ L" hVerdasco 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.
2 u- U# n9 I) }' J7 @7 y8 pThat is the spirit  of tennis.
8 b% j) O2 E* g, ?5 [2 _That is the very spirits of the sport.
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Cheers to Verdasco