Safin's a classic shot-maker with a touch less variety than Federer. He is capable at net though his game's foundation is at the baseline. In short, Marat's game is perfect for Flushing Meadows.

Marat Safin, a 20-year-old Russian, stepped Sunday into the crucible of the U.S. Open championship, his first Grand Slam final, and throttled Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. The match required merely ...

U.S. Open champion Marat Safin won another title before heading to the Olympics as he defeatedItaly’s Davide Sanguinetti, 6-3, 6-4, in the final of the President’s Cup at Tashkent, Uzbekistan ...

We didn't know that night that he'd be, for the rest of the decade, pro tennis' biggest puzzle. All we saw in Marat Safin then was the total package: TV handsome, fluent in English, Spanish and ...

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. I cover his game ...

Former World No. 1 Marat Safin is currently on his farewell tour, as the charismatic Russian announced, that this will be his last season. In the last two tournaments that Safin has played, the ...

Who needs handlers and spinners if you are Marat Safin? “Write nice things about me,” he says, smiling. It’s not an order. Well ... maybe not. This is a guy who won’t allow his personality ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Marat Safin arrived in Australia a few weeks ago sporting cuts and bruises from a Moscow fight. He appears to have recovered from his wounds, moving into the third round of ...

Former world No 1 Marat Safin has officially linked up with his fellow Russian for the next few months, joining Rublev’s pre-existing coach Fernando Vicente.. An idol of his growing up, Rublev ...

Marat Safin bowed out in his final Wimbledon with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 loss to Jesse Levine, a 133rd-ranked qualifier from Boca Raton, Fla., who began Tuesday with an 0-2 tour-level record in ...