Tennis: Safin grows in confidence
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Andre Agassi will not be able to repeat the triumph he enjoyed in the Madrid Masters two years ago following his semi-final defeat to Marat Safin on Saturday.
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Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis both have very fond memories of playing at Rod Laver Arena.  But this yearâs memory will belong to Baghdatis, who defeated Safin to advance to the third round.
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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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St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) - Russian star Marat Safin extended his winning streak to seven matches on Thursday with a second-round victory at the $1 million St.
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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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Russian Marat Safin produced another  outstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,  6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters on Sunday.
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Reborn Russian star Marat Safin basked in the glory of clinching his third Paris Masters title but insisted that world number one Roger Federer is still in a league of his own and is on his way to becoming one of the greatest players of all time.
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Russiaâs Marat Safin won his first title in almost two years with a gritty 7-6, 7-5 victory over compatriot Mikhail Youzhny at the China Open on Sunday, just as another Russian star, recent US Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova won another title in Bali.
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Marat Safin, of Russia, returns the ball to Lleyton Hewitt, of Australia, during the quarterfinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Friday, Nov. 5, 2004.
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Marat Safin finally won the Australian Open, overpowering Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday night for his first title in the Gland Slam event after two runner-up finishes in the last three years.
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Andre Agassi, Marat Safin and Roger Federer reach the Australian Open 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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If he can maintain his grit and focus, Marat Safin may have the best chance of derailing a third successive Grand Slam final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
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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 beat Jose Acasuso of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the fifth and deciding match to lead Russia to its second Davis Cup title Sunday.
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Consistency meets unpredictability when Roger Federer faces Marat Safin in Wimbledon's third round on Friday.
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MADRID : Top seed Tim Henman and number three Marat Safin set the pace past Spaniards with Paradorn Srichaphan tacking on a third loss for a home hope at the 2.425-million-euro Madrid Masters.