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

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( Z4 l$ m$ U/ \  W! ?( ?' ]8 m) zWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

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2 L2 Q* Y  s2 J% G/ M: {The Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
+ U: m" O5 Y, z! F1 Y! { For me,  his next quarter final match with Roger Federer  will decide who is this year's champion, it is the actual championship match.

$ s+ U' w8 j  i" wTake 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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6 A6 |/ T+ i# T- D, YAfter 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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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.
8 t4 K/ c9 [; s6 H  M He is rigid, and plays an retrieveing style of  tennis that  is killing the sport.

' k  V% N; H; i. o# j# h% A5 CBut 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.
$ D$ g; R" c# E0 J( O1 f# fWhat a match!
) x/ H- I/ R7 Y, NThose guys play with their soul.
The Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
* o3 h% g+ a/ L' W. kVerdasco 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.
$ e! X, {- e: f; f" W, [That is the spirit  of tennis.
That is the very spirits of the sport.

0 H1 `  E/ r1 O3 W: l$ g; C" QCheers to Verdasco