Stuff

After this dissapointing loss I found some articles and more stuff. Apparently Marat is moving on. And I'm so glad of that:) That's what we all should do, all the time!

From the Eurosport website:

Marat Safin said he was not overly concerned about his recent poor run of form after he made another early exit, this time in the first round of the Barcelona Open.
The Russian former world number one was beaten 6-4 7-6 by Italian Simone Bolelli, the world number 103.
That followed his second-round defeat by Belgian Kristof Vliegen in Monte Carlo last week, when he squandered four match points, having won the first set 6-0.
Safin's win-loss record this year is now 10-8 after losing his opening matches in three of his last four tournaments, but the former U.S. Open and Australian Open champion said he was not bothered by his apparent loss of form.

"I don't care," he said. "I am playing well, I am still 26 in the rankings.
"With one good result I will be top 20, but I don't really care about the rankings any more. I just need to stay focused on my tennis."

Safin's best performance of the year came in the Davis Cup earlier this month when he won the deciding rubber against Paul-Henri Mathieu to give Russia a quarter-final victory over France on indoor clay in Moscow.
On that occasion, Safin barely missed a ball, the kind of form that took him to the top of the rankings and his two grand slam titles.

The Russian's early exits from Monte Carlo and Barcelona cost him the chance to climb the rankings, but Safin said his confidence was unaffected.

"With all of your losses, you try to put them behind you," he said. "There is always next week and it's difficult to play well all the time.

"I couldn't find my game today on the court. It was pretty slippery, and I didn't play my best tennis so that's why. I barely had a chance.



"He was solid, he had nothing to lose. He went for his shots, he was serving well in the tiebreak, he just did his job and he had no pressure at all."

Safin's next tournament will be the Masters Series event in Rome, beginning a week on Monday.


"I will just take it easy and practise and do my job," he said.






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