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

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( `) ]3 i8 ?4 \8 V$ lWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

Looks like it.

The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
+ y; a. `# W* }: s( [4 |2 o, @% 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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% U8 T5 s" G$ f( {  ]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.

: L$ \* d0 j% _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,
moving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.
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% X/ X$ e8 u' \$ f# t 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.
% q+ Q' @& X& m/ Q: J) P3 `( q$ e0 f He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.
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& D+ j+ \7 Z+ a* uBut a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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3 Z! l% Y0 H1 p9 y  S& l+ z$ ~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!
Those guys play with their soul.
The Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
: U; A  p, X1 F7 C2 `8 \& v6 MVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
/ z3 }/ f; V# O! L' SBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
- g& K; k1 U- ?; h- GThat is the very spirits of the sport.
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: g5 w+ {8 b+ w  w6 ]- e3 I) z5 kCheers to Verdasco