Marat Safin's return in the game of tennis with a different role
Marat Safin may have held down his tennis racquets; however he hasn't forgotten the game of tennis on the whole. Currently he's looking after his business as a tennis official of Russia.
Throughout his jazzy professional life, Marat Safin did not appear cut from discreet cloth. He used to speak spontaneously, knocked down thousands of racquets (usually angrily), and of course popularly pulled down his shorts after a tremendous victory at the Grand Slam French Open impulsively. However, some few months ago he was eliminated from the tour, the two times major champ with a powerful luxuriant streak is satisfying the officials and presenting himself as a member of both the Russian Tennis Federation as well as the Russian Olympic committee. Or as he says it with a big smile: "Now I have to move around and be good to everyone".
Since making his announcement at the beginning of the 2009 that he would hold down his racquets towards the end of the year, a step the thirty years old Safin looked to repent as his ranking fell down and his patience for long lasting retirement queries disappeared, Safin withstood suppositions that he would sit back on his assets and simply relax. In December, Safin was selected by his Russian Olympic committee and the man is also working in the back ground for his country’s tennis.
He showed up during the week number two of the grass court Grand Slam tournament not to check out the game of tennis, meet old buddies, or even to explore the tennis arena for the London Olympics in 2012.
"It is still a bit away for that," he commented. After all, he recalled media personnel at the competition. Safin at the All England Club was a powerful and aggressive ATP tour official and apparently players themselves, to contest at his inherent Moscow competition, the Kremlin Cup. "I wish to bring more contesters to our championship," says Safin, who has a special interest since he commented he'll "officially" be in command of the competition soon. "We should try our very best in order to make it more thrilling. Recently, we are going through a bad patch as far as the tennis players are concerned. The crowd in Russia want to enjoy a little bit more the high standard players".
None of Safin’s interview goes without talking about his sister, Dinara Safina. These two players are the only ones in the rich history of the game to rank number one on women’s and men’s tour. However, this is surely a disturbed phase for the twenty four years old Safina, who has been affected by injuries and a shatter in confidence lately. After grabbing the top ATP ranking for much of the last year, the three times runner up at the Grand Slam championship has fell down world number thirty three.
"She's going through a bad patch in her career," Safin says. "She has a trauma rupture in her spine. She's been surviving extremely hard with aches and it’s certainly not the way to contest at the highest level. Is this a big brother's suggestion? Take some break, re-examine and quit attempting to fight through the ache. "In my opinion, she should rest for some six or seven months and plan about her future life”, Safin commented of his sister. "Instead of playing three weeks here and two weeks there and getting injured, it’s better to take some rest”.
For someone like Marat Safin who enjoyed the top most ranking and celebrated with wine and chilled whisky when he knocked down Pete Sampras in the United States Open final backing 2000, life as a public servant can at times blend into the routine. Although he participated in the Vancouver Olympics and also forced by Roland Garros, Safin commented, "I visit my office, relax and answer the calls, reply to some of the e-mails." Safin added he is working to "reorganize" the federation and is hoping for a fresh team.
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