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 ?

' @; v9 X! C1 p( Z, p- x0 ^% LLooks like it.
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' _7 C4 L) y- r+ y  b& NThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
  S5 ]! ?, y/ a; \4 f 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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4 }( [% x/ T6 {$ _  @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.
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After 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,
" i2 @4 _& Y& |& R0 J. j6 ^( c. fmoving 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.
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But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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' t0 d$ y1 D" k- 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.
" S! Z" E. ~2 k) N# g5 UWhat a match!
  u* Q0 \" A4 V2 L5 CThose guys play with their soul.
" O( w( [; Q, g' p# W" a' ?The 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.
6 }; x3 O2 p# \/ a* ]" I7 dBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
! ~2 g! o+ P2 W# J$ [- d& ^0 L. XThat is the very spirits of the sport.
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4 m0 X, a+ a: H6 p+ NCheers to Verdasco