Safin plays injured Canas next
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PARIS -- Marat Safin hit 10 aces and beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 7-6 (2) Friday in a showdown between US Open champions to reach the Paris Masters semifinals.
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Paris, France (Sports Network) - Marat Safin moved into the final of the BNP Paribas Masters with a straight-set victory over Guillermo Canas on Saturday.
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Marat Safin ended Andre Agassi&#39;s hopes of a title repeat when he sent the second seed crashing to defeat in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters yesterday.
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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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The all-new, improved Marat Safin  showed yet more signs of his growing maturity on Friday when he  survived a potentially tricky encounter with Mario Ancic to  reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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TOP-seeded Marat Safin advanced to the second round of the St Petersburg Open today when Austrian Alexander Peya retired with an injured ankle.
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Roger Federer strolled into the  fourth round of the Australian Open Friday when his opponent  retired hurt while rival Marat Safin survived an injury scare  of his own to lead a procession of Russians into the fourth  round.
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Marat Safin won U.S. Open in 2000 when he was 20. Now an old man of 27, the Russian was ushered out in the second round by Stanislas Wawrinka of Poland.
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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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Maria Sharapova, who didnât really go anywhere, recaptured the spotlight at the Australian Open Tuesday.  And a new star may be emerging on the menâs side in  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who earned a semifinals berth.
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Something about the Australian Open brings out the best in Marat Safin.
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Even Roger Federer can use some luck at a Grand Slam, and he caught a break thanks to his next opponent in the chase for that elusive French Open title. Guillermo Canas loomed as a formidable challenge for the top-ranked Federer in the semifinals Friday, but Canas lost in the quarterfinals to Nikolay Davydenko &#151; a much better matchup for Federer.
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Marat Safin of Russia returns a ball against China&#39;s Lu Hao in the second round match of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, September 16, 2004.
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Top seed and crowd favourite Marat Safin was knocked out of the St Petersburg Open quarter-finals on Friday, falling 6-4 6-1 to Michael Llodra.
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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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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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Roger Federer could face his first test at this year's Wimbledon when plays Marat Safin on Friday.