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

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2 M0 J; e$ V4 a1 N7 S, E' [; FWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

3 u3 `* }( I. i0 G2 ^Looks like it.
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The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
- `& g  M# q( \2 L' i For me,  his next quarter final match with Roger Federer  will decide who is this year's champion, it is the actual championship match.

+ C7 W- k' e/ R2 T, a6 j3 E8 n! ]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.

7 r* h" a  W2 K& \' |& l5 E; W& FAfter 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,
* }2 J$ y' Y! N' Q5 G3 X+ Y! Y% Smoving 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.
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But a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.

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!
1 J  o# T+ [1 w& }Those guys play with their soul.
4 G2 w3 l! n7 n) ?5 k) {  N* BThe 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.
* o' @6 f2 w% K; }: k# DBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
: G1 D$ f) n6 r3 t' Y2 GThat is the spirit  of tennis.
1 C& D" Y" ^6 _  vThat is the very spirits of the sport.
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6 J* V9 x6 U, c7 H; m, T% q% d! nCheers to Verdasco