Safin Takes Aussie Title
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Marat Safin overcomes a shaky start to win his second Grand Slam title Sunday, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to finally break through at the Australian Open.
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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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Seeing somebody else unravel was different for Marat Safin. So was winning the Australian Open. After losing two of the last three finals at Melbourne Park, Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday night, deflating a crowd hungering for an Australian winner. This was the Russian's second Grand Slam tournament title, his other coming at the 2000 U.S. Open against Pete Sampras in the final.
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Marat Safin overpowered Argentine substitute Jose Acasuso 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 in a nerve-racking fifth and decisive rubber to clinch the Davis Cup title for Russia on Sunday.
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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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Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open final against fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-3 Saturday, claiming her third Grand Slam title.
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ALICIA Molik has become the first Australian in 17 years to win consecutive WTA Tour titles, defeating Russia&#39;s Dinara Safina in the final of the Luxembourg Open.
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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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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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Marat Safin beats Radek Stepanek to win the Paris Masters title for the third time.
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Australian tennis player Alicia Molik stormed to her second title in two weeks with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Russian Dinara Safina in the final of the WTA event in Luxembourg overnight.
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Andre Agassi, Marat Safin and Roger Federer reach the Australian Open fourth round.
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Marat Safin overpowered Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 for his first title in the Gland Slam event after two runner-up finishes.
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Former champion Marat Safin takes on 2006 finalist Marcos Baghdatis in the Australian Open second round.
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Marat Safin beat Jose Acasuso of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the fifth and deciding match to lead Russia to its second Davis Cup title Sunday.
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Sixth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia reached the final at the Paris Masters for the fourth time in six years, defeating No. 13 Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Saturday.
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Marat Safin of Russia smiles at the awarding ceremony during the finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing September 19, 2004.