Tennis: Safin Open triumph
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Marat Safin battles back to beat Lleyton Hewitt and win the Australian Open.
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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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By Kevin Fylan MADRID  - Russian Marat Safin produced anotheroutstanding performance to beat Argentina's David Nalbandian,6-2, 6-4, 6-3, and win the Madrid Masters Sunday.
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NEW YORK - Four years ago, Marat Safin marched onto the center court at the National Tennis Center and defeated Pete Sampras to capture the U.S. Open title...
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Sixth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia comfortably beat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win a record-tying third Paris Masters men&#39;s tennis title Sunday.
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MARAT SAFIN crowned an outstanding personal season by winning the Madrid Masters in some style yesterday. The tournament may have been without Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Carlos Moya and Andy Roddick but
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Roger Federer was on his hands and knees, his racket gone after he tumbled chasing a shot. All he could do was watch as Marat Safin tapped a gentle forehand into an open court to cap a thrilling 4 1/2-hour Australian Open semifinal and end the top-ranked Federer's 26-match winning streak.
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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, for his first Grand Slam title since the 2000 U.S. Open.
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Martina Hingis beat 16th-seeded Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5 Sunday for her first title since coming out of retirement.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Stricken by nerves and  self-doubt, Marat Safin's belief returned in the nick of time  on Sunday as the Russian beat Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4,  6-4, to win the centenary Australian Open.
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Marat Safin, who felt he was destined to win the Australian Open after two runnerup finishes in the last three years, rallied to down Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in an acrimonious final Sunday, the tournament's first-ever at night.
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Marat Safin of Russia returns a shot during second round tennis match against Alexander Peya of Austria at the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament in St.
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Australian Lleyton Hewitt beat fellow former world number one Marat Safin 7-5 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Las Vegas Open final.
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Russian Marat Safin won the title Sunday at the lucrative $3.035 million Madrid Masters with a straight-set win over Argentine David Nalbandian.
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Marat Safin wins the Madrid Masters to edge ahead of Tim Henman in the race for the Masters Cup.
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Defending champion Roger Federer is in awesome form as he powers past Marat Safin 6-1 6-4 7-6 at Wimbledon.