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
Unfortunately, my career, it's a little roller-coaster, ... So I need to get used to it. That's how I am.
It wasn't my day today on the serve, Gisela was returning winners on my serve so it was kind of embarrassing for me,
I am going to try to play New Haven probably because I need to play a couple more matches to get used to it, work on my fitness and get my rhythm back.
I've been out for one month and a half and I didn't really practice before the tournament,
I have been working very hard and my knee is a lot better but it would not be right to go to a Grand Slam and test my knee right now. I am sorry to all my Australian fans but I will be back next 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,
It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.
There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.
I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I'm not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he's still a hippo. He said but look at you, you're painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I'm happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he's happy being a hippo.
Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
I'm not a materialistic person.