Safin Shows Growing Maturity with Ancic Win
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The all-new, improved Marat Safin  showed yet more signs of his growing maturity on Friday when he  survived a potentially tricky encounter with Mario Ancic to  reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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Marat Safin eased into his fourth Paris  Masters final by beating Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-3, 7-6 on  Saturday.
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Russian Marat Safin produced another  outstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,  6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters Sunday.
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Fifth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia easily beat American Kevin Kim 6-2, 6-4 on Friday to move into the semi-finals of the China Open.
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MOSCOW -- Admitting he was downright scared, Marat Safin composed himself and won the Davis Cup title for Russia.
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Marat Safin eased into his fourth Paris Masters final by beating Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-3 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed powered past his 13th-seeded opponent in 95 minutes.
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Marat Safin showed he has completely recovered from his first-round exit at the US Open as he defeated Argentinian David Nalbandian to win the Madrid Masters.
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MADRID: Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 yesterday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina&#39;s David Nalbandian.
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Marat Safin overcomes a shaky start to win his second Grand Slam title Sunday, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to finally break through at the Australian Open.
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Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin, two former world number ones, made light of strong winds to earn morale-boosting victories in their opening round-robin matches at the Las Vegas Open on Tuesday.
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Marat Safin easily advanced to the second round of the French Open, beating Fernando Vicente of Spain 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 Sunday before rain halted play on the opening day of the tournament.
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Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, at the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title since the 2000 U.S. Open.
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PARIS : Volatile Russian Marat Safin kept the lid on his timebomb temper to ensure his campaign for a third Paris Masters title stayed on course with a battling 6-7 (1/7), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Croatia&#39;s Ivan Ljubicic.
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Marat Safin is the man inform at the end of this season as the Russian claimed his second Masters-Series title in arow in Paris edging Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic.
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Marat Safin advanced to the last four of the Paris Masters Series with a straight-sets win over second seed Lleyton Hewitt on Friday.
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Russian Marat Safin advanced to Sunday&#39;s final of the lucrative Madrid Masters with a straight-set victory over American Andre Agassi in Saturday&#39;s semifinals.
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When Marat Safin is good he is very, very good, and yesterday evening, as darkness engulfed the city, his form was as high-voltage as the indoor lighting in Bercy&#39;s Palais Omnisport.