Marat Safin who contemplated retirement after a disappointing loss during the last season, has decided to prolong his career for at least another year. he finally decided to continue playing tennis in 2009.
he will be starting the year with the prestigious Hyundai Hopman cup in Perth Australia with his sister Dinara Safina.
“I’m pleased to confirm my participation in Hopman Cup. It will be special to play with my sister, and I hope we can challenge for the Trophy”, Safin said.
Marat Safin and Dinara Safina would team up for the first time to form the second team in the tournament.
The Russians will be the number two seed.
Safin also decided to play in the Australian open where he will be seeded 29th.
Hopman Cup takes place 3-9 January 2009
link to full schedule
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Marat twists his ankle and cancels his exhibition game with Djokovic
Marat vs. Djokovic december 13th exhibition match at st. Anton Austria was cancelled!
The Russian twisted his ankle 3 days ago and had to seek treatment.
Marat traveled to valencia to treat his ankle and the doctor says he should be fine within a week.
the news was announced only today despite the fact that Marat was injured days ago.
Tipsaravic the Serb jumped in to replace Marat Safin in the match against Novak Djokovic.
The Russian twisted his ankle 3 days ago and had to seek treatment.
Marat traveled to valencia to treat his ankle and the doctor says he should be fine within a week.
the news was announced only today despite the fact that Marat was injured days ago.
Tipsaravic the Serb jumped in to replace Marat Safin in the match against Novak Djokovic.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Marat Safin defeated Carlos Moya in Malaga Masters Internacional opener
Marat Safin decided to go to Malaga on December 4th to play in Malaga Master Internacional de Tenis - an international Exhibition Match.
he defeated carlos moya in the opener.
The first set was very tough until the very end. The Russian player, world-ranked no. 29, was more focused than Moya to eventually win the set.
But Moya managed to recover in the second set to be ahead in the score; yet, Safin reacted and started rallying the bad result.
When Moya was 5-4 ahead, Safin crashed into some advertising post and injured his left wrist; still, he refused to be assisted by the doctors.
Marat Safin tied the score to be 5-5 for the set to end up in a tie-break; then, the Russian clinched the second set and the win after a brilliant performance.
he won 6-4, 7-6.
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