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 ?
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Looks like it.
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% n" Z. j8 K' e' q! U/ XThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
+ r2 _% B( Q9 u2 h& S 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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7 @, A- P% X" Q7 R! i! QTake 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.

, p! z7 n5 S$ S- o* N9 pAfter getting rid of the tennis gambling scandal years ago, Davydenco is now a rising star, stepping firmly towards  his goal.
! x  R- @: U& _& c4 bHe is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.
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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.

7 W' l$ q3 s7 ]4 }  M1 @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!
' `7 u1 p# k, {0 U: O4 ?6 Q- LThose guys play with their soul.
' x* V- z* ^2 O" g" Y8 H# AThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
( I, {  }# {% WVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
' D# p0 h5 {6 HBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
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Cheers to Verdasco