Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safinis a Russian retired tennis player and politician. Safin won two Grand Slam tournaments and reached the world no. 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin is the older brother of former world No. 1 WTA player, Dinara Safina. They are the first and only brother–sister tandem in tennis history who have both achieved no. 1 rankings...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth27 January 1980
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass.
You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none.
I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
I've felt it (shoulder soreness) since the first day I came, but more so now. Yesterday in the doubles I felt like I couldn't serve at all. I had a lot of pain. I decided to stop because without the serve it doesn't make any sense. It's better to stop and try to recover. If you play, you play 100 percent, not to suffer on the court...Hopefully I'll be ready for the Australian Open. I'll ask for a late start and try to recover. I can playing forehand, backhand, anything except serve.
It's too many questions about what I'm going to do, why I'm retiring, and this and that. So I answer the same question, I don't know, a thousand times.
But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.'
My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.
You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court.
Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.
Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.
It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.