Paris, November 08: Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game’s recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters.
The 29-year-old has decided to call time on a glittering career in which he won the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open while inspiring his country to Davis Cup glory in 2002 and 2006.
“It’s beautiful what people see on TV, when you’re on the court, and there are all those people in the stadium,” said the charismatic Safin, whose younger sister Dinara Safina is the women’s world number two.
“But nobody sees the other side of it, when you have to do the massages, when you have to practice, when you have to do a lot of things.
–PTI