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7/15/10 2:52 PM | Johan Lindahl
Eights months after retirement, Marat Safin seems to have traded his tennis togs for a suit and a desk as he works - at least part-time - with the Russian federation.
The one-time rebel whose over-the-top antics and world No. 1 winning ways enlivened the sport for a decade, will hopefully not have bow to corporate mediocrity as part of his new lifestyle.
Insiders believe the two-time Grand Slam champion, 30, is being groomed to eventually take over as national tennis supremo from Shamil Tarpischev, Davis and Fed Cup boss and federation president among other duties after 36 years in the sport.
Safin is on the fast-track to the top after being elected to Russia’s Olympic committee in late 2009. In that role, he visited the Vancouver Olympics. But Safin has also not gotten too far away from tennis, visiting both the French Open and Wimbledon in one official capacity or another.
His nominal role: attract more top players to the Kremlin Cup in Moscow in October. As such, life is now different for the former bad boy: "I have to run around and be nice to everybody,” joked Safin. He is rumoured in Russian circles to eventually take over as Kremlin Cup tournament director.
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