DunlopDood
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In his post match interview Safin had some interesting things to say, and took a jab at a certain JMAC.
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".
Safin is a great guy
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".
Safin is a great guy
