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

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) H* ?* X" d& `+ G6 P0 C1 t3 U' E, CWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

Looks like it.
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, }6 s, u1 v8 f# ^The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
. p8 f) h2 i* V8 `. a 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.

3 {! O& q! T( y4 DAfter 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,
' x$ U- U( f) mmoving 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.
3 w% _) K5 v0 [. ^& b& h$ q# U He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.
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But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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+ n7 F. X9 ^! h/ [* J' NVerdasco 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!
Those guys play with their soul.
1 l. r8 `, B* b8 KThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
8 p/ K; B% L* D: M2 r. N# ^Verdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
; V5 N7 |' S: v+ T3 l- A) H9 RBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
* {: t3 Y* \! m% x  iThat is the spirit  of tennis.
- \& p9 u$ e0 v0 G! |7 LThat is the very spirits of the sport.

& J8 C6 l$ ?: ~7 ~; C) _Cheers to Verdasco