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

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% M8 @+ ~! N( TWill Nikolay Darvydenko follow Marat Safin to be the next Russian Australian Open Champion ?

Looks like it.

' V0 ]+ f* _; d/ hThe Russian won a  extraordinary 5-set match against the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco  last night.
For me,  his next quarter final match with Roger Federer  will decide who is this year's champion, it is the actual championship match.

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.

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,
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.
" h: S8 M) v* h8 E1 e 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.

2 U3 }( L2 ^3 p& n. m2 \: k( ]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.
' |3 b6 [; |" m' y2 i1 qWhat a match!
7 D% F! i' t# w( K% }% |. D- GThose guys play with their soul.
The Spaniards are either bulls or the bull fighters, they fight to the end.
) j7 I7 n2 B" F% b7 K2 QVerdasco 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.
That is the spirit  of tennis.
, j0 e) G  s; C0 k$ i: ?That is the very spirits of the sport.

Cheers to Verdasco