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Marat Safin - News and More

Marat Safin© ATP
Nationality: RUS (Russian Federation)
Birthdate: January 27, 1980
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Turned Pro: 1997
Plays: Right-handed
2007 Ranking: 56
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Began playing tennis at age six with his father, Misha, director of a small tennis club in Moscow, and mother, Rausa Islanova, who served as her son’s coach fro ... Read Full Bio

Latest News, articles and information:


Spain Surprises Argentina in Davis Cup Final Day One
featuring exhaustion, injuries and hot/cold streaks always plays a factor. Last year the U.S. defeated Russia in the final without former No. 1 Marat Safin, and the Russians sitting Nikolay Davydenko (bad mistake) in singles, contributing to a 3-0 sweep by the Americans. The prior year Safin was the hero as the Ru...
2008-11-21

Tennis Lessons to be Learned from Jelena Jankovic
I'll be curious to see what comes of Jankovic in 2009. Each of the Williams sisters -- Serena most of all -- demonstrated their share of hunger in 2008. Dinara Safina made a big rise. Sharapova intends to return. Ivanovic should surely have learned more about what it takes to be number one. For now, though, give the credit ...
2008-11-06

Venus Beats Serena, Joins Jankovc, Zvonareva in Doha Championships Semifinals
line. Zvonareva has also qualified leaving just one spot left in the semifinals which will go to the winner of Serena and Dementieva. Dementieva sent Dinara Safina back to Russia after an easy straight-set win. Safina, who I picked to reach the final(!), leaves without winning a single set all week. Now that’s a...
2008-11-06

WTA Doha Sony Ericsson Champioships Facts
ne), Sharapova (two), S.Williams (nine), V.Williams (seven). One out of the eight singles competitors is making her Sony Ericsson Championships debut – Dinara Safina (plus first alternate Agnieszka Radwanska). Between them, the eight principal competitors won 22 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles in 2008 and amassed mo...
2008-11-04

Jankovic, Ivanovic, Williams Sisters Headline Doha WTA Championships; Nadal Out of Shanghai
the white group along with Sveta Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. In the Maroon group (why maroon, anyone?), it’s Serena and Venus Williams plus Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva. Of the two groups, I’d have to rate the Maroon tougher with the Williams sisters, Safina and gold medalist Dementieva. All four...
2008-11-03

Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Williams Sisters Set to Square Off
anteed all-Williams round robin play this week at the WTA Tour Championships, where Serena and Venus have been drawn in the "Maroon" group with Russians Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva. The "White" group is comprised of Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva, and Serbs Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic. ...
2008-11-03

Roddick Reaches Beijing Semifinals
arance. The Tel Aviv resident is bidding to become the first Israeli to reach an ATP singles final since Harel Levy at ATP Masters Series Toronto in 2000 (l to Safin); the last Israeli to win an ATP title was Amos Mansdorf at 1993 Washington (d. Martin). It is the first time since the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami that the Wo...
2008-09-26

Notes: Serena Takes on Jankovic at US Open
s en route to the final have siblings who also play on the professional tennis circuit – Kateryna Bondarenko (sister Alona), Venus Williams (Serena) and Dinara Safina (brother Marat Safin). Never before has a Williams sister defeated her sibling prior to the semifinals of a tournament and gone on to win the title; however,...
2008-09-06


Recent fan comments for Marat Safin:



Adelene in SOUTH AFRICA
Says:

I luv watching Marat play. Hav a gud tournament in LA. And keep working and gud results will come. Hope 2 c u competing at the Atp event in SA nxt yr. Luv u stacks


Posted on August 6, 2008 at 00:05 ET



Ali
Says:

Marat Safin is a great tennis player. He's got the talent and everything. But he has one major weakness, his temprament.. I think he should really pressed his anger and his frustration to the lowest level when he's on the match..

Well, udachi Marat..
sometimes tennis is just tennis..


Posted on July 1, 2008 at 12:07 ET



Sanja
Says:

Marat.... What a men, what a talent it's shame that he is not in good form

PS Please come in Belgrade and be my guest


Posted on June 1, 2008 at 14:15 ET



Lilibeth Aguilar
Says:

ohhhhh MARAT, when will I ever see you in the FINALS!!!!????!!!
You're better off as a movie actor. Just too...... beautiful to be sidelined!


Posted on June 1, 2008 at 09:44 ET



ana fromm Serbia
Says:

marat safin is most beautiful tennis player in the world...I love him...


Posted on April 1, 2008 at 11:47 ET



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