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Post by Annie on Sept 13, 2005 10:32:43 GMT 3
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Post by lena on Sept 13, 2005 12:43:38 GMT 3
I hope for the visitors a little bit better than Houston last year  . |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 13, 2005 21:25:53 GMT 3
It is amazing and hopefully Marat will delight his legions of fans in Asia and pick up the title. LoL
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 14, 2005 20:19:05 GMT 3
Well after hearing his great news we find somemore :
Safin qualifies for Masters Cup
Australian Open champion Marat Safin has qualified for the Masters Cup in Shanghai, joining Roger Federer and French Open champion Rafael Nadal.
Federer and Nadal are assured of their places in the season finale due to their rankings, so Safin qualifies as the only other 2005 Grand Slam winner.
The top seven players in the Champions Race qualify, with one spot for a Grand Slam champion ranked in the top 20.
Safin is currently eighth but is guaranteed to finish in the top 20
It will be Safin's fourth appearance in five years at the Tennis Masters Cup, which will be held at the spectacular new Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai from 13-20 November.
Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi should be safe for three of the final five places, with Guillermo Coria leading Nikolay Davydenko and Gaston Gaudio in the chase for the last two.
BBC SPORT
Taken from Official masters cup website.
Marat Safin, 2005 Australian Open champion, will make his fourth appearance in five years at the Tennis Masters Cup
Safin, who captured his second career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January when he defeated Federer in the semifinals and Lleyton Hewitt in the final, first qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup in 2000. He reached the Tennis Masters Cup semifinals last year, when he and Federer played a riveting match that ended when Federer won a record-tying second-set tie-break 20-18.
Safin’s season to date has been hampered by a knee injury, forcing him to miss almost two months between Wimbledon and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. Having played in only one hard court tournament leading up to the US Open, Safin’s injury also prevented him from playing in Flushing Meadows.
SAFIN SAYS: "I am looking forward to going back to Shanghai for the Tennis Masters Cup,” Safin said. “I played there in 2002 but was not so successful, so I want to do better this year. I know they have built a brand new stadium, which is very modern and impressive."
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Post by Annie on Sept 15, 2005 8:11:33 GMT 3
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellente news ;D I truly hope Kolya makes it, too..he sooooo deserves it...has done some amazing things this year  |
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Post by blue on Sept 15, 2005 14:30:30 GMT 3
So Marat doesn´t at least have to worry about that anymore I think shanghai is a great place for the MC. Wasn´t it there three years ago? I think it was awesome there, the organisation, the crowd ;D However, it just can be better than at Houston   |
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Post by lau on Sept 15, 2005 17:48:50 GMT 3
Wooohoooo!! Soo good to come for a couple of minutes here and read this!!!  |
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Post by CaliforniaSuds on Sept 15, 2005 21:18:28 GMT 3
Pardon my ignorance Annie, who is Kolya?
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Post by Teresa on Sept 16, 2005 0:04:30 GMT 3
Pardon my ignorance Annie, who is Kolya? Nikolay Davydenko |
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Post by Karen on Sept 16, 2005 0:54:58 GMT 3
So Marat doesn´t at least have to worry about that anymore I think shanghai is a great place for the MC. Wasn´t it there three years ago? I think it was awesome there, the organisation, the crowd ;D However, it just can be better than at Houston You are definetly right about Houston it was not a very good stadium. The only good thing was you were very close to the players. Wish I had the time and money to fly to shanghai. |
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Post by Annie on Sept 16, 2005 9:22:28 GMT 3
I wish so, too Karen....it would be a total blast....well...maybe one day......
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Post by annie on Sept 16, 2005 10:20:32 GMT 3
well, i can't really say anything right now except that I'm very exited!!
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Post by Mariana on Sept 16, 2005 13:54:59 GMT 3
Excelent news that Marat has qualified for the Masters Cup And Shanghai's stadium is amazing  |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 16, 2005 20:49:09 GMT 3
Do we have any members from Shanghai here, would be amazing if they got to see marat. I just found out on ATP tennis magazine that it has retractable roof. Coll how it opens and closes!!!
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Post by Annie on Sept 19, 2005 8:56:45 GMT 3
Ily if you go to the link I posted here in my first post you will see photos of it..it's amazing!!!
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