Marat Safin News

Marat Safin extended his career by at least one more round, saving three match points Monday to beat French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 at the Paris Masters.

Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters.

Sergiy Stakhovsky won the St. Petersburg Open by beating Horacio Zeballos 2-6 7-6 7-6 in St.

Leading tennis players from the mens and womens professional circuit have come out in condemnation of Andre Agassi's revelations about drug use and a subsequent cover-up. Former World No.1 Rafael Nadal said today it would be "dreadful" if tennis authorities covered up Agassi's drug habit.

Former champions Marat Safin and Sebastien Grosjean have been given wild-card entries for the upcoming Paris Masters.

Ernests Gulbis reached the semi-finals on his St. Petersburg debut in 2006. Two-time St.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin lost to qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the St.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Former champions Mikhail Youzhny and Marat Safin advanced to the second round of the St.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia retired with lower back pain while trailing Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 2-1 Thursday in the second round of the St.

Marat Safin and Teimuraz Gabashvili visited an orphanage in St. Petersburg while in town for the St.

Marat Safin , who will contest his last ATP World Tour tournament in Russia this week, and compatriot Teimuraz Gabashvili visited the Warm Home Charity Foundation, which takes care of children from troubled families, on Tuesday.

World number four Andy Murray will partner Laura Robson to represent Great Britain at the Hopman Cup in January, tournament organisers have confirmed.

He won two slams defeating potentially two GOATs on the way; claimed in the end that winning in NYC that young and getting to No.

It's not every week that a two-time slam winner and major personality retires, so to mark the occasion of Marat Safin's departure, Long John Silver and I look back at his career.

Marat Safin of Russia reacts after losing a point to his compatriot Evgeny Korolev during their Kremlin Cup match at the Olympic stadium in Moscow on Thursday.

Playing in his native Moscow for the last time, Marat Safin came up a second-round loser Thursday at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland were upset in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

Moscow matches against Russia's top-ranked player bring out the best in Marat Safin.

Russian favorite Mikhail Youzhny was among Monday's opening-round winners at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

"I didn't have very good momentum at the start," said Blake, who recently started working with coach Kelly Jones.