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 ?

( Q( M$ U. u( q, k. Z) mLooks like it.
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The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
7 C6 @3 Y) e0 g6 \+ v5 ^ 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.
/ D3 z$ F* \+ M# x/ l5 zHe is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.

& j9 k" p% c& M0 t* |% p: s6 W 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.
$ r8 ~8 v6 h% ]9 T7 `" x& C2 E7 f; K 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.
What a match!
% G  ~- L) ?8 G, q, s7 C6 p( nThose guys play with their soul.
# T  Q$ A3 U& ~8 h& c1 L0 \( D5 j5 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.
9 P5 W% y6 `1 H3 q# }& {9 b' ]6 aBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
! {6 A3 L# p6 ~+ c$ C1 @) QThat is the very spirits of the sport.

1 Y. u  }* i& w8 P/ @Cheers to Verdasco