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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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