Tennis: Marathon man Safin stays on course for third Paris title
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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 overcame a twisted right ankle to reach the Paris Masters final for the fourth time in six years by beating 13th-seeded Guillermo Canas 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Saturday. Safin, the Paris champion in 2000 and 2002, will meet qualifier Radek Stepanek for the title. Stepanek came back to beat Max Mirnyi 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 to get to his first final of the season.
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Fourth seed Marat Safin survived an  injury scare and his first tough examination of this year's  Australian Open as he battled to a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over  Mario Ancic of Croatia in the third round Friday.
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French hope Gael Monfils is determined to keep his individuality despite being compared with some of tennis&#39;s biggest names. &quot;It&#39;s flattering but I above all
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Paris: Late Paris Masters withdrawals by Andre Agassi and David Nalbandian meant good fortune for Marat Safin, Tim Henman and Guillermo Coria on Monday as the trio qualified for this month&#39;s Masters Cup without striking a ball.
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Former world number one Marat Safin won his first title since the Paris Masters in 2002 on Sunday with a 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory over Argentine David Nalbandian at the Casa de Campo in Madrid.
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Marat Safin advanced to the Paris Masters final for the fourth time after beating 13th seed Guillermo Canas 6-2, 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed, who also made the final
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Marat Safin overpowered Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 with the help of 16 aces Sunday to win his record-tying third Paris Masters title.
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Roger Federer overcame some late trouble yesterday to reach the third round at the French Open, beating Thierry Ascione of France, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (10-8).
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Marat Safin has progressed to the final of the Paris Masters with a straight-sets victory over an angry Guillermo Canas of Argentina.
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Consistency meets unpredictability when Roger Federer faces Marat Safin in Wimbledon's third round on Friday.
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Hamburg - Marat Safin of Russia climbed into sixth place in the ATP points race rankings issued on Monday by virtue of his Madrid Masters Series title won the previous day.
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Russian Marat Safin beat American Andre Agassi Saturday to reac Sunday&#39;s final of the Madrid Masters. Safin, the No. 3 seed, eliminated No.
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Russia's Dinara Safina upset hot local  favorite Amelie Mauresmo to win the Paris Open with a 6-4, 2-6,  6-3 victory on Sunday.
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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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PARIS (CP) - American Andy Roddick surged into the third round of the Paris Masters with a 6-2, 6-2 rout of Armenia&#39;s Sargis Sargsian on Wednesday while Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas were defeated in doubles action.
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Marat Safin eased into his fourth Paris  Masters final by beating Argentine Guillermo Canas 6-3, 7-6 on  Saturday.