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
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 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.
I'm taking this tournament very seriously and in this sort of match you have to take your opportunities when they come.
I fought until the last point and that's something I'm satisfied with. My game was not 100 percent when I needed it to be. It's tough but life goes on.
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 wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.