Will Safin be playing in Rotterdam in february?

[orli]

hi everyone,

does anyone know if marat will be playing the rotterdam open in february, i think he went last year and the years before so i hope he will go this year, what do you think?

[SAFINNO1]

well he has not been confirmed as of yet and with duabi there i doubt he will be entering.

[Saskia]

Marat is not playing in Rotterdam. I hoped he would. He's played there every time, except last year. His ranking was to low and there were no wildcards left.

He said in the interview at the aus open that he is taking a few weeks of after australia, because the season last year was so long. That's probably why he is playing Dubai. Normally there's also davis cup in early february, but that is in march now, so he get sthe chance to ahev time of as well. Lets hope he will be there next year. Krajicek really wants to have him in teh tournamnet. Marat will come to holland in june to play Rosmalen.

[Kayleigh]

;D so he'll come to Rosmalen!? last year I wanted to go there and he wasn't coming so I dind't go
I'd really like to meet him in real life! is it for sure that he'll come? and does anyone know the exact date of Rosmalen?

[SAFINNO1]

I just need to justify one thing Safin next tournament and his only tournament in februaury is Dubai.

[Saskia]

Rosmalen is from 13 till 19 june. You can read up on teh latest news on www.ordinaopen.nl

Ciao

[Kayleigh]

19th of June, niceeee... my b-day! it would be a great present, meeting Safin ;D

[SAFINNO1]

i believe Safin will be entering this years competition but am not 100% sure.

[maratisgr8t]

I suggest you get onto the website "theguy from russia.com" which lists all the tournaments Marat is planning to play this year. He's also planning to play Davis Cup, bless his heart, since there aren't that many other good Russian male players out there at the moment and I'm sure Russia would rely upon Marat to carry them through.

[SAFINNO1]

That schedule posted on the home site is a tentative schedule that he drew up for the year.

But it is fairly accurate as i keep in touch with the tournament directors frequently about Marat's participation and so is fairly correct.

As for the gerry webber open i am 50-50 on that as i recieved an e-mail in german and when i translated it i had no idea so can i get some help plz.

Guten Morgen,



Marat Safin hat seine Zusage für die GERRY WEBER OPEN 2005 gegeben und wird im Juni in Halle/Westfalen spielen. Natürlich gibt es momentan noch keinen genauen Spieltermin.



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[Mike]

Yep....it sais that Marat will play at the Gerry Weber Open in June.

[kasey]

cool ;D

[tall_one]

maratisgr8t said:

I suggest you get onto the website "theguy from russia.com" which lists all the tournaments Marat is planning to play this year.

That list is just a best guess and my not be 100% accurate. Marat hasn't ever released an official schedule so no one ever really knows what he will do for sure.

Entry lists are best way to find out if Marat is playing a tourney and even those can be wrong

[SAFINNO1]

Mike said:

Yep....it sais that Marat will play at the Gerry Weber Open in June.

thanks mike