Safin to Meet Stepanek in Paris Final
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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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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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Marat Safin defeated Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to give Russia a 1-0 lead over the United States after the opening singles of the Davis Cup semifinal on Friday. Russia's Mikhail Youzhny was scheduled to play James Blake in the day's second singles match on the Olympic indoor stadium's clay court.
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HOT favourites Russia, seeking their first Fed Cup title, will take on champions France in the final after beating Austria today. French Open champion Anastasia Myskina recovered from a horrendous first set
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Fifth-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden rallied to beat eighth-seeded Max Mirnyi of Belarus 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to set up a final against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic at the Milan Indoors.
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Twice winner Marat Safin outshone Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets at the Paris Masters on Friday and looks ideally placed to be crowned for a third time here.
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Maraf Safin finally secured a berth at the semi-finals of the year-end Masters Cup after an easy victory over Tim Henman. The two were even at 1-1 when they took to the court.
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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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Sixth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia reached the final at the Paris Masters for the fourth time in six years, defeating No. 13 Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Saturday.
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Russia will meet defending champion France in the Fed Cup final after they both achieved 5-0 sweeps of Austria and Spain, respectively, in the semifinals on Thursday.
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Russia's Marat Safin will miss the Davis Cup final against the United States after deciding to end his season.
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Russian Dinara Safina qualified for the Paris Open second round with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands on Monday.
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Marat Safin beats Guillermo Canas 6-2 7-6 (7/5) to reach the Paris Masters final.
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Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev hopes charismatic leader Marat Safin will be fit for their Davis Cup final with the United States after his team had to battle their way past Germany at the weekend.
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Russian Marat Safin ended a 22-month  title drought with a 7-6, 7-5 victory over compatriot Mikhail  Youzhny in the final of the China Open Sunday.
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Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt has been knocked out of the Paris Masters by Russian sixth seed Marat Safin. Safin put down the battling challenge of the Australian second seed to reach the semi-finals
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Former tennis world number one Marat Safin said on Saturday he was honored to meet Diego Maradona, who is attending this weekend's Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina.