...tour."Bjorn Borg retired at 25. Boris Becker was done playing full time at 28. Patrick Rafter quit at 28, and Marat Safin and Gustavo Kuerten walked away at 29. Andy Roddick retired last year shortly after turning 30.But the style of play...
...And if it's any omen for Federer and Murray, No. 3 Mats Wilander beat No. 4 Pat Cash in the '88 final and No. 4 Marat Safin beat No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt in the '05 final.It's only the 14th time since the Open era began in 1968 that the top...
...MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer's chances of winning the Australian Open got even better. Defending champion Marat Safin and French Open winner Rafael Nadal dropped out of the season's first major on Tuesday because of injuries, eliminating...
...highlight the Davis Cup quarterfinals starting Friday. Andy Roddick of the United States, Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and Marat Safin of Russia will play singles. Australia hosts Belarus, Russia travels to France and the United States plays Chile in...
...Federer was on his hands and knees, his racket gone after he tumbled chasing a shot. All he could do was watch as Marat Safin tapped a gentle forehand into an open court to cap a thrilling 4-hour Australian Open semifinal and end the top-ranked...
...second round at Wimbledon in stunning upsets Wednesday. On an amazing day at the All England Club, second-seeded Marat Safin also was eliminated. On a court nicknamed the "graveyard of champions," Sampras rallied from two sets down but came...
...first time since 1932. The defending champions lack the talent that Russia boasts with Grand Slam tournament champions Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Instead, France will rely on team spirit and the home crowd during the best-of-five series...
...Monday in the first round of the Diamond Games tournament. Safina, the younger sister of 2000 U.S. Open champion Marat Safin, had her leg treated during an injury timeout in the second set. She is currently ranked a career-high 31st. In...
...Sebastien Grosjean on Friday, leaving the Davis Cup final with defending champ France at 1-1 after the opening day. Marat Safin won the opening match, defeating French Davis Cup rookie Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The best-of-five...
...Kuerten looked less and less like the unseeded player he is and more and more like the Grand Slam champion he has been. Marat Safin did little to slow the transformation. In a matchup that, judging by names and accomplishments alone, belongs in...
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