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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  u+ g: F2 N% M) qThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
, [0 ?& p* V! d& H 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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After getting rid of the tennis gambling scandal years ago, Davydenco is now a rising star, stepping firmly towards  his goal.
  L* @& }( Z1 ]) u$ C1 z& o+ PHe is also the player that resembles  Andrew Agassi the most,
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- h. w' n- U- c* E/ f 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.

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!
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& V  p+ b* q! ~; ZThe 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.
: x/ i& m! }. X& bBut he still  fought all the way to the end, that is heroic.
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; _: @9 J( _- Z4 z* gThat is the very spirits of the sport.

9 ]+ W  Y% s" }& Z  ^5 [( R% `* vCheers to Verdasco