TAG: Marat Safin
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis is a sport composed of a diverse range of attributes including elegance, athleticism, speed, timing, anticipation, tactics, intelligence, will to win, joy, passion. And also one element that is rarely discussed. Rage. Recently I was talking with a friend Behn Wilson, who was an NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers and […] Continue to read full article...
Behn WIlson · John McEnroe · Marat Safin · Novak Djokovic · Roger Federer · Serena Williams
Sep/23
24
Random Tennis Player Biofile: Jay Amari
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By Scoop Malinowski Cycling to work to New York City last year I spotted a random man hitting tennis balls against the side of an apartment building on Riverside Drive and stopped to take a photo of the peculiar sight. A year later I posted the photo on the Facebook page NYC Tennis Players. And […] Continue to read full article...
David Mamet · Jay Amari · Jimmy Connors · John McEnroe · Marat Safin · Rod Laver · US Open
There is a perception that greatest or most famous tennis academy in terms of producing professional champions is the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, or Rick Macci. But nothing can compare to Spartak Moscow. As Marat Safin recently revealed on his Instagram in a salute post, the number of successful tennis pros who were coached and […] Continue to read full article...
Andrey Rublev · Dinara Safina · Marat Safin · Mikhail Youzhny · Spartak Moscow
Apr/20
20
Safin Says Corona Is a Plannedemic to Chipify People By Evil Elites
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Marat Safin claims the coronavirus crisis is actually a conspiracy for “chipization” of humanity. The two time Grand Slam champion and International Tennis Hall of Famer, who is a former member of Russian Parliament, called the COVID-19 pandemic “ridiculous” and proposed a chip-implant conspiracy theory in a live interview on Sports.Ru which was broadcast on Instagram. […] Continue to read full article...
Marat Safin, the two time major champion and tennis Hall of Famer, has offered some wise advice to Nick Kyrgios. “I’m not judging and I know it’s sensitive, and you hear three million times that if he gets serious he can be a top-ten player,” Safin said of the 24-year-old Aussie dynamo. “But I think […] Continue to read full article...
Marat Safin, former world no. 1 and two time Grand Slam champion has declared he is available andsits interested to coach a professional player. “I wouldn’t refuse, but no one offered. I won’t be able to travel all year, for some weeks it’s possible. Players don’t need babysitter. There are interesting guys with kind heart, […] Continue to read full article...
Gustavo Kuerten did not know how to beat Marat Safin. Guga lost his first three duels with the mighty Russian, all close contests. Guga lost 36 76 36 61 64 in the second round at 1998 Roland Garros as defending champion. Then he lost again at 1999 Australian Open 63 57 46 63 64. Then […] Continue to read full article...
A wide range of forty professional tennis players discuss memories of playing Marat Safin, one of the most intriguing champions and characters in the history of tennis. Also various tennis world figures share additional insights and anecdotes about the Russian tennis superpower who reached the ATP world no. 1 ranking in 2000 and won the 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open, as well as two Davis Cups, the first two in Russian tennis history. Continue to read full article...
Jun/18
15
Marat Safin: The Tennis Super Power book update
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My eighth tennis book is almost finished, 'Marat Safin The Tennis Super Power: Symposium of a Champion.'
It's astonishing that no book has been written about this fascinating character and super talent, who has been called "the most charismatic, handsome tennis player", "physically better than Roger Federer", and having too many gifts and talents to apply all his energies to tennis. Continue to read full article...
