Safin Beats Stepanek for 3rd Masters Crown
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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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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 on Sunday.
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Marat Safin, back to his best with a record-equalling third Paris Masters title, hopes to be a match for world No1 Roger Federer next year.
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Marat Safin played his best tennis in quite some time, beating Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters.
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MOSCOW : Unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek produced a major upset when he dumped top seeded Russian Marat Safin out of the 2.3 million dollar Kremlin Cup tournament in the second round.
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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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Marat Safin advanced to the Paris Masters final for the fourth time after beating 13th seed Guillermo Canas 6-2, 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed, who also made the final
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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 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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Twice winner Marat Safin of Russia beat Aussie Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Friday.
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Andre Agassi returned to action with a  7-6, 6-3, victory over Belarussian Max Mirnyi to reach the  third round of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday.
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Top seed and home favourite Marat Safin was bundled out of the Kremlin Cup in the second round 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 by unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek.
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Marat Safin barged his way past Britain&#39;s Tim Henman into sixth place in the race to qualify for next month&#39;s Masters Cup in Houston by overpowering David Nalbandian, of Argentina
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Andy Roddick and Marat Safin sprinkled a little stardust over the Paris Masters overnight, as the American and Russian crowd-pullers both raced into the third round.
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Houston, Nov 22 - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.
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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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Marat Safin breaks a three-match losing streak against AmericanÃÂ Andy Roddick with a straight set win on Friday, giving Russia a 1-0 lead in the Davis Cup semifinal.