Safin surprises Hewitt in Paris
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Paris, France (Sports Network) - Sixth-seeded Marat Safin advanced to the semifinals of the $3.092 million BNP Paribas Masters after upsetting second- seeded Lleyton Hewitt in Friday&#39;s quarterfinals.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Ticker) - Top seed Marat Safin of Russia met his match Friday in the quarterfinals of the $1 million St. Petersburg Open.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Marat Safin breathed a  huge sigh of relief after beating Lleyton Hewitt to win the  Australian Open Sunday and erase years of self-doubt that he  might never win another grand slam title.
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Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball to Guillermo Canas of Argentina during the semifinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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Marat Safin beats Guillermo Canas 6-2 7-6 (7/5) to reach the Paris Masters final.
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Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3,  7-6 in the Madrid Masters on Saturday with a powerful  performance that underlined his recent return to top form and  secured him a place in the final against David Nalbandian.
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Paris - Russian sixth seed Marat Safin clinched his third Paris Masters title on Sunday as he overwhelmed Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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Russian Dinara Safina qualified for the Paris Open second round with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands on Monday.
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Reborn Russian star Marat Safin basked in the glory of clinching his third Paris Masters title but insisted that world number one Roger Federer is still in a league of his own and is on his way to becoming one of the greatest players of all time.
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Marat Safin fights back to beat Lleyton Hewitt in four sets and win the Australian Open.
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Russia's Dinara Safina beat French  teenager Tatiana Golovin 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 to reach the Paris Open  final on Saturday.
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Lleyton Hewitt did not let the reputation of a former champion stand in his way as he scrambled to a 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory over Gaston Gaudio in the second round of the French Open on Thursday.
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HOUSTON - Andy Roddick and Marat Safin both had good chances to win. Only Roddick took advantage of his opportunities. Roddick came up with four aces in the second-set tiebreaker and defeated Safin 7-6 (7), 7
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Marat Safin, of Russia, returns the ball to Lleyton Hewitt, of Australia, during the quarterfinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Friday, Nov. 5, 2004.
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Lleyton Hewitt was all too familiar with the pressure accompanying Sunday's Australian Open final against Marat Safin. While Hewitt had never reached the quarterfinals in eight previous appearances at his country's Grand Slam, he carried the hopes of the home crowd every time he took the court.
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Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt opened his 2005 singles season with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over French qualifier Arnaud Clement in a first-round match Tuesday at the Australian men's hardcourt tennis championships.
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Marat Safin advanced to the Paris Masters final for the fourth time after beating 13th seed Guillermo Canas 6-2, 7-6 on Saturday. The Russian sixth seed, who also made the final