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 ?

; g7 {) H& U4 i# O7 uLooks like it.

0 i8 h3 s9 ?! O/ q9 u1 eThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
4 C+ F# ?& x& a) F* Q- X& K 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.
* \( ~: I9 z& ?. @He is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
9 p3 s3 ]$ v5 C+ bmoving fast and  playing  solid baseline tennis.

& {3 w8 L2 O& |+ f/ m0 ` 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.
. R; H% l. M) G* A0 W He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.
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; H0 P3 N: o2 mBut a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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4 L. e+ C& p' @( T+ M0 e! O4 ~: BVerdasco 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!
$ O! \1 c' G3 G/ x* Y3 ~Those guys play with their soul.
7 R  H3 }! u( lThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
5 v  n; H( T# oVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
But he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
; b" T1 [, Q, O, c# f; IThat is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco