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Marat Safin is a Russian former World No. 1 tennis player. He is known for his large physical size, athleticism, controversial antics, and aggressive "power" style of play. His greatest accomplishments are winning the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open. He helped lead Russia to Davis Cup victory in 2002 and 2006.
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Andy Roddick and Marat Safin could be in line for a third round blockbuster at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, as the draw for the men’s singles championship threw out some mouthwatering clashes. With all Top 32 seeds receiving first round byes into the second round, Roddick, the No. 3 seed and Safin, seeded No. 30, could set up a repeat of their Australian Open quarterfinal if they both win their opening matches.
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Russian tennis star Marat Safin had propelled the defending champions into the semifinals with a victory in the deciding Davis Cup match against France in Moscow yesterday, the Associated Press reported. The former top-ranked Russian played for the first time in the best-of-five series and beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding match to give the hosts a 3-2 win over France.
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Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis both have very fond memories of playing at Rod Laver Arena. But this year’s memory will belong to Baghdatis, who defeated Safin to advance to the third round.
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Marat Safin helped Russia achieve its first Davis Cup victory in 2002, with a 3-2 tie-breaking win against France in the final round at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy. His Russian team included Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mikhail Youzhny, Andrei Stoliarov, and team captain Shamil Tarpischev.[12] The team made Davis Cup history by being the second to win the event after losing the doubles tie-breaker, and becoming the first team to win a (live-televised) five-set finals match by coming back from a two-set deficit. Safin ... helped Russia to win the Davis Cup in 2006. After a straight sets defeat by David Nalbandian in his first match, his doubles victory (partnering Dmitry Tursunov) against Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri and singles victory against Jose Acasuso drove Russia to victory.
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Marat Safin needed less than an hour to oust Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-4 Wednesday in the first round of the Open de Moselle. Safin, who told French sports daily L'Equipe he will retire in 2010, gave Youzhny no break points. The pair led Russia into the Davis Cup final with a 3-2 win over the United States last month. Safin will meet Jurgen Melzer in the quarter-finals.
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