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 wasn't my day today on the serve, Gisela was returning winners on my serve so it was kind of embarrassing for me,
I would have loved to win here in Moscow playing for the first time in front of so many Russian fans and of course I'm disappointed by losing,
It's still very painful, I have to think about every movement on the court, cannot hit the balls as I would like to,
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'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.
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 am very sad I cannot go to the Australian Open to defend my title as champion.
I think it will be okay, ... I hope the doctor will help me out because it's quite sore. We'll see.
I am very sad that I cannot go to the Australian Open to defend my title. I have been working very hard and it is a lot better.
But I have to live with that, work on my serve and get ready for the Australian Open.
It was not enough matches, so many mistakes. Like I've said, you need to get the rhythm back. It doesn't come straight away. It's still a long way and I have many things to work on. I hope it will come back soon.
Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.