Marat Safin

Marat Mikhailovich Safin (, ) (born 27 Januar 1980) is a Roushie politeecian an retired tennis player o Tatar descent. Safin wan twa grand slams an reached the warld number 1 rankin durin his career. He wis an aw famous for his emotional ootbursts an sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin an aw haulds the record for maist braken racquets in a year wi 87. Safin is the aulder brither o umwhile Warld No. 1 WTA player Dinara Safina (Dinara Mikhailovna Safina) (Roushie: Динара Михайловна Сафина), born 27 Aprile 1986 in Moscow. They are the first brither-sister tandem in tennis history tae baith achieve No. 1 rankins.

Safin began his professional career in 1997, an held the No. 1 warld rankin for a total o 9 weeks atween November 2000 an Aprile 2001. He wan his first Grand Slam title at the 2000 U.S. Open efter defeatin Pete Sampras, an wan the 2005 Australian Open, defeatin Australie Lleyton Hewitt in the feenal. Safin helped lead Russia tae Davis Cup victories in 2002 an 2006. Despite his dislike o grass courts, he became the first Roushie man tae reach the semi-feenals o Wimbledon at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. At the time o his feenal Grand Slam appearance at the US Open on 2 September 2009, Safin wis No. 58 in the offeecial warld men's tennis rankins.Safin bows out of final US Open

Early life
Safin wis born in Moscow, USSR (nou Roushie) tae a Tatar faimily o faither Mikhail Alexeivich Safin an mither Rausa Islanova. He speaks Roushie, Inglis, an Spainyie as well as his native Tatar. His parents are umwhile tennis players an coaches. His younger sister, Dinara Safina, is a professional tennis player an siller medalist at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. Safin's faither managit the local Spartak Tennis Club, where Safin trained in his youth alangside several tennis players, includin Anna Kournikova, Elena Dementieva, an Anastasia Myskina.

At age 14 he muivit tae Valencia, Spain, tae gain access tae advancit tennis trainin programs which wur no available in Roushie. Safin says he grew up "vera fast ... wi nae muscles" an that he muivit tae Spain acause clay courts wur "better for the knees".

In an interview wi the newspaper USA Today, Marat Safin identifeed hissel as a Muslim, statin, "A'm Roushie, but I'm 100% Muslim. Aw the Muslim fowk are passionate, stubborn. We hae hot blood."

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