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

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  A* s8 A- y9 e0 fWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

/ w2 P6 E0 d1 f2 ]9 ^Looks like it.

The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
4 R! E0 ^6 ^  G3 O+ ]4 i5 K8 ? 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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3 z5 G( C: |3 a% {1 ?$ CTake 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.

1 D$ }% n/ ~$ V" D! E; O9 c4 @After getting rid of the tennis gambling scandal years ago, Davydenco is now a rising star, stepping firmly towards  his goal.
; z& F5 [# \1 s$ HHe is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.

' T1 z, q) R( H3 w9 l# {, ^7 @ 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.

But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.

: O- C( s" Z7 Y# a: s% P: 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.
What a match!
Those guys play with their soul.
# r" W) X/ I; F1 t" E" XThe 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.
) U& P' S0 ~" h8 F6 E- O" t& [( }But he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
" x) _. n# f# IThat is the spirit  of tennis.
6 q( j6 B! D2 q# I2 l& h4 {That is the very spirits of the sport.
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  \) M7 u8 h! j+ O: u4 @Cheers to Verdasco