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

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, a* \3 a6 t" o# Q9 AWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?
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+ T  ~% b8 i: ^2 ~8 v! P4 O/ cLooks like it.

$ X0 I: M; d3 f9 l; H: ]' y6 GThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
6 |( f! A- d; n1 ` 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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3 |- y( @  k0 t: Y9 @6 e- U% ^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,
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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.
% F( j2 z$ k+ e) m7 z5 K8 C7 G. d4 g He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.
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) R0 T" `" V5 T: y3 {5 t$ XBut a winner is still a winner, whether you like him or not.

% s, W) H3 x" R- I& v4 S) YVerdasco 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.
' Z7 ?$ d6 J4 @5 ^! T0 ^What a match!
0 i: O8 U* Z+ ]Those guys play with their soul.
The Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
. u0 I5 C- _& ~; NVerdasco lost  the match due to too many unforce errors and double faults.
- @$ `& a( f" E. [7 fBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco