For One Match, Safin Catches Up to Federer
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Marat Safin ended top-ranked Roger Federer's 26-match winning streak in a classic Australian Open semifinal.
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World No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Andy Roddick showed why they are a level above the rest of the players on the ATP on Saturday, both gutting out three-set wins at the ATP stop in Bangkok to set up a renewal of their rivalry for the Sunday final.
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Andre Agassi came away with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sargis Sargsian, setting up a high-profile match on Wednesday with top-seeded Roger Federer.
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Roger Federer is troubled with his strokes, finding flaws in a game some consider peerless. Now he hopes a tougher opponent will raise the level of his tennis.
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Two sets. In the end, on paper, that's all that separated Roger Federer from a true Grand Slam this year. Two sets.
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HOUSTON Back from three weeks on the sidelines, Roger Federer beat Gaston Gaudio (GAS&#39;-tawn GOW&#39;-dee-oh) in the first round of the ATP Masters Cup tennis championships.
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Marat Safin fights back to beat Lleyton Hewitt in four sets and win the Australian Open.
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Marat Safin overpowered Tim Henman 6-2,  7-6 on Friday to reach the last four at the Masters Cup,  setting the stage for two mouth-watering semi-finals involving  the world's top-ranked players.
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No sooner does Roger Federer break one record than he seems to set his sights on another.
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Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Moscow native Marat Safin was tested in his first-round match Monday before advancing against Max Mirnyi at the $1 million Kremlin Cup.
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It did not look as if No. 1 was playing against No. 240 in Arthur Ashe Stadium last night. Roger Federer of Switzerland might have expected to cruise in
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Top seed Marat Safin survived a  first-round scare before prevailing over his doubles partner  Max Mirnyi 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in the Kremlin Cup Monday.
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NEW YORK (CBS) Andre Agassi&#39;s path at the US Open could include a quarterfinal against No. 1 Roger Federer, while defending champion Andy Roddick might have to play 2000 winner Marat Safin in the fourth round.
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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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Before Roger Federer, there was Marat Safin. It was Safin, the Russian bear, who was supposed to be what Federer has become. It was Safin who first hoisted the burden of being the greatest
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Champion Roger Federer is back on Centre Court on Friday facing his toughest challenge yet in the shape of Marat Safin in the Wimbledon third round as he attempts to win a fifth successive title.
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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.