Safin Targets World Number One Federer in 2005
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Marat Safin, back to his very best with a  record-equaling third Paris Masters title on Sunday, hopes to  be a match for world number one Roger Federer next year.
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One of the best things that could happen to tennis would be for Marat Safin to return consistently to the form that enabled him to capture the 2000 US Open title - and at last there were signs of this yesterday as the charismatic Russian won his first
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WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer sees his title defence at the ATP Masters Cup in Houston as the start of his 2005 campaign rather than the end of a season that saw him capture three Grand Slam crowns.
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Marat Safin has won more than $13 million in prize money in his tennis career but said he could hardly afford a meal at this year's Wimbledon.
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Roger Federer begins his bid to equal Bjorn Borg's record of five straight titles as Wimbledon gets under way on Monday.
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Marat Safin beats Roger Federer in five sets to reach the Australian Open final.
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HOUSTON, United States : World number one Roger Federer outlasted Marat Safin in a tie-breaker that matched the longest in tennis history to book a date against Lleyton Hewitt in the ATP Masters Cup final.
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Marat Safin, on current form, will start the favourite for the Masters Cup that begins in Houston a week today, the 24-year-old Russian having won his third Paris Indoor Open in five years yesterday with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 victory over the Czech qualifier
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Champion Roger Federer is back on Centre Court on Friday facing his toughest challenge yet in the shape of Marat Safin in the Wimbledon third round as he attempts to win a fifth successive title.
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Roger Federer, who has won 10 Grand Slam tennis tournaments, just began his 161st consecutive week atop the world rankings, setting a new record.
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Former US Open and Australian Open winner Marat Safin will be waiting to ambush him in the third round but Roger Federer is still regarded by his peers as a runaway favourite to claim a fifth straight Wimbledon title on July 8.
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Roger Federer began 2005 the way he finished 2004: with a victory.
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Top men&#39;s seed Roger Federer and defending champion Andy Roddick each will face strong tests early in the 2004 US Open, and defending women&#39;s champion and top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne will
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World number one Roger Federer begins his pursuit of Bjorn Borg's record five successive Wimbledon titles on Monday, six years after wrecking Pete Sampras's dreams of achieving the feat.
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Russia&#39;s Marat Safin will bid to scale the world&#39;s sixth highest mountain, giving the former world number one a fresh challenge which looks set to rule him out of this month&#39;s Davis Cup semi-final against Germany.
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Roger Federer has warned would-be challengers that he intends to stay at the top for several years to come.
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World number one Roger Federer faces a tough task in his bid to win the French Open for the first time.