Safin wins a thriller vs. Hewitt in Paris
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PARIS - Sixth-seeded Marat Safin downed No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 7-6 (2) in a superb Paris Masters quarterfinal on Friday. Safin served 10 aces in a display full of astonishing power-hitting and moments of
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Marat Safin hit 10 aces and beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 7-6 (2) yesterday to reach the Paris Masters semifinals. Safin closed in on his third title at the indoor tournament and will
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Lleyton Hewitt was all too familiar with the pressure accompanying Sunday's Australian Open final against Marat Safin. While Hewitt had never reached the quarterfinals in eight previous appearances at his country's Grand Slam, he carried the hopes of the home crowd every time he took the court.
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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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Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3,  7-6 in the Madrid Masters on Saturday with a powerful  performance that underlined his recent return to top form and  secured him a place in the final against David Nalbandian.
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Marat Safin won the China Open yestereday, beating fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 7-6 (4), 7-5, to claim his first title in two years.
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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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Marat Safin has made challenging world number one Roger Federer his top priority for the 2005 season. The charismatic Russian won the Paris Masters Series on Sunday by defeating Radek Stepanek of the Czech
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Marat Safin is the man inform at the end of this season as the Russian claimed his second Masters-Series title in arow in Paris edging Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic.
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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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Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball to Guillermo Canas of Argentina during the semifinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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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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MADRID : Marat Safin sent over 14 aces and devastated David Nalbandian with six breaks of serve Sunday to win his second career trophy in Spain with a title at the 2.425-million-euro Madrid Masters.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Lleyton Hewitt's  Australian Open dream turned into a Russian nightmare on Sunday  as Marat Safin fought back to deny him a first home grand slam  title.
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Marcos Baghdatis held off a spirited comeback from Marat Safin to win a five-set thriller and set up a third round showdown with Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open on Thursday.
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Paris - Russian sixth seed Marat Safin clinched his third Paris Masters title on Sunday as he overwhelmed Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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Czech Lucie Safarova stunned world number five Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Belgium's Justine Henin at the Paris Open on Friday.