Russia recalls Safin for Davis Cup tie
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Russia has recalled Marat Safin for next month's Davis Cup first-round tie against World Group newcomer Serbia.
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Houston, Nov 22 - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.
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Roger Federer strolled into the  fourth round of the Australian Open Friday when his opponent  retired hurt while rival Marat Safin survived an injury scare  of his own to lead a procession of Russians into the fourth  round.
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MOSCOW -- Lindsay Davenport will take over the No. 1 spot from Amelie Mauresmo when the rankings are released next week after reaching the Kremlin Cup quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Dinara Safina on Thursday.
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MOSCOW : Unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek produced a major upset when he dumped top seeded Russian Marat Safin out of the 2.3 million dollar Kremlin Cup tournament in the second round.
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Russia were on course to reach their   fourth Davis Cup final after taking a commanding 2-0 lead at   home against the United States in Friday's singles.
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The United States was eliminated from the Davis Cup semifinals Sunday when Andy Roddick lost 17-15 to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon that concluded a match lasting nearly five hours. The Americans trailed 2-1 entering the last day of the best-of-five competition and needed singles victories from Roddick and Blake to advance.
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Heavyweights America, Russia, France and Argentina moved closer to the Davis cup quarter-finals on Friday on a day when opponents were cursed by illness and missing stars.
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Top seed Marat Safin suffered a quarter-final defeat on home soil when the Russian lost to MichaelLlodra 6-4, 6-1 at the one million US dollars St Petersburg Openon Friday.
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World number five Maria Sharapova will lead champions Russia in next month's Fed Cup first round tie against Israel in Tel Aviv.
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British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's Davis Cup tie against Argentina with a knee injury.
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Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic pulled off a major upset Wednesday, eliminating top-seeded Marat Safin 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3 on the Russian&#39;s home turf in the second round of the US$2.
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Bob and Mike Bryan win their doubles match to reduce Russia's lead to 2-1 in the Davis Cup.
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Top seed and crowd favorite Marat Safin was knocked out of the St. Petersburg Open quarterfinals Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to Michael Llodra.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Ticker) - Top seed Marat Safin of Russia met his match Friday in the quarterfinals of the $1 million St. Petersburg Open.
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Dmitry Tursunov beats American Andy Roddick to send Russia into the Davis Cup final.
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Russians were winners in four of five matches played Wednesday at the ATP stop in Moscow, with the only upset caused by Italian Francesca Schiavone knocking out No.