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
I've played him many times, six times, but the way he is playing this year, with confidence, to beat him will be very tough. A little bit of luck would be great.
There was so much wind, it was tough to play good tennis. I'm having trouble getting my confidence back. But I'm working hard and trying to do it.
It was difficult but this was a big step forward in confidence and it feels great.
In my position, I think it's enough, ... If I didn't have a sore knee, I would go to New Haven (for next week's tournament) and try to get the rhythm back and try to get the confidence before the U.S. Open. In my position, I have to think about my knee and how many matches I have, so it will be OK for the U.S. Open.
I'm really happy with the way I played, definitely my best since Melbourne last year.
It's still very painful, I have to think about every movement on the court, cannot hit the balls as I would like to,
I'm just hoping to play as many tournaments I can to get my ranking back.
I'm taking this tournament very seriously and in this sort of match you have to take your opportunities when they come.
It was not enough matches, so many mistakes. Like I've said, you need to get the rhythm back. It doesn't come straight away. It's still a long way and I have many things to work on. I hope it will come back soon.
It was little bit too late to come back in the second set. I was missing a lot on baseline, my serve was not there.
It was a great comeback from Pete ... I was always under pressure,
It will be quite difficult, you have to do something special against him (Federer), he is so far from all of us,
We have eyes, and we see that not many people are interested in the sports.
Everything worked out. I'm satisfied with my game today. If it goes like this, I have good chances to play well in this tournament,