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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( f9 H6 X( {2 @, |5 oThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
* C+ S/ J) q; P 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.
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) q; ^. A9 m8 I( P6 hAfter getting rid of the tennis gambling scandal years ago, Davydenco is now a rising star, stepping firmly towards  his goal.
+ F) ^, D! d) [; p) tHe 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.
, N) b5 h2 U7 x" z He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.

3 O! U5 }4 D$ BBut a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.
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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.
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) J4 e6 w% i- q* l; S% XThe Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
* m  \' }+ @. F1 uVerdasco 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.
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4 |+ b; |0 R+ G7 T) W) kThat is the very spirits of the sport.
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/ {' P: x9 z5 c  ?) p% P% _/ X, k" MCheers to Verdasco