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

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5 p4 |" v/ I4 k* {; [Will Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?
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6 t9 ^+ ?5 s% [8 _: N, sLooks like it.

The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
, P$ O, y4 G* M' H 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.
! e" H0 K  w0 n2 l7 eHe 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.

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

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.
5 [9 Y' y- F' E* wWhat a match!
Those guys play with their soul.
% Z& c. A5 c8 L: g, m/ G3 XThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
1 t& p- U2 R  AVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
4 m0 C/ d2 I9 L: K4 oBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
' P) w- F$ B& o4 q9 z; fThat is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco