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9/3/09 5:15 PM | Johan Lindahl
It's five tournaments and counting for tapped-out Marat Safin, who can't wait to see the back of his tennis career.
The Russian has moved a step closer to his goodbye to the game after exiting the first round of the US Open. The two-time Grand Slam champion Russian will quit the game in two months when he plays at Paris Bercy in November.
"It's OK, it's the end, the last one. It could have been better ending, but still OK. I'm looking forward to afterwards my career, so I have no regrets - and I don't care about losses anymore", Safin said after ending his 11-year-run at Grand Slams, including the 2000 US Open crown over Pete Sampras.
After being grilled at every event he has played in 2009 if this will really mark a stopping point, Safin is more than tired of dispensing identical answers. "I think it is the perfect timing, because I'm still young", said the 29-year-old. "I don't have a family, I'm ready to make a change - why not?"
"I'm ambitious, I want to achieve some things".
"I'm a different than another person who want to lay back and do nothing for rest of the life and talk nonsense on ESPN, talk about my match against Sampras. I will not do that".
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Be a shame to hide away somewhere; express your tortured soul, Marat. transition into acting, drama, comedy, news anchor, weather...
zoey234 , 9/3/09 7:19 PM
i love marat. i heard him say these words at his interview, he was smiling and being charming when he said them, you know, with that 'twinkle' in his eye. Marat! don't go! stay!
maxi , 9/3/09 7:28 PM
lol.. obviously it is a Jab to former players who became commentators, i love it...
I think getting 2 Slams should be a very good indicator of his immense talent. He just wasn't mentally stable but when he's on, he can beat anybody.
Safin will be the best character in tennis and his blatant honesty is wonderful.
torres9 , 9/3/09 11:15 PM
i don't think it's a mental stability but rather wild emotions characteristic for eastern players; he generally didn't give a ****. he would sometimes go from the bar/night club to a tennis match literally!
posmatrac , 9/4/09 12:17 AM
yup, that's why he's such an enigma.
torres9 , 9/4/09 10:37 AM
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"... and talk nonsense on ESPN .."
is this a jab at johnny mac?
posmatrac , 9/3/09 6:58 PM