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

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; b9 ?% F. y, y5 ZWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?
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7 x4 R9 t8 ~, k  g  oLooks like it.
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The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
4 M6 ?+ Y$ V3 S" r; X! [& B 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.

$ C8 P& M( @$ t( w8 xAfter 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.

6 H* _" j: `! p- a7 K; g7 p' ? 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.
6 m" W! o$ ]( l2 I$ i He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.

% f$ J4 ]2 i4 O% m6 RBut 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.
What a match!
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8 \$ R1 M$ Z- r" n- K3 d; ^. c7 o9 UThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
Verdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
) v2 d5 c( ~! ?, h" lBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
1 z! z- x7 N( k& X' n+ Q0 RThat is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.
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1 z, ~9 r+ X, [  ACheers to Verdasco