Sorry about the photos - I've fixed the links for you - they should work now!
(*glares at glitch-ridden web software and kicks it...*)
Anyway, here's an article Maria V found. She hasn't got time to translate it yet, so she asked me to babelfish it, that's why it reads so badly
SPORTS
Marat Safin celebrated a victory over a daughter of the oil tycoon
The love has helped Safin to earn $916 911. Support of girlfriend Darya became a pledge of a victory of Marata Safin in the Open championship of Australia
Marat and Dasha celebrate the next victory.
Two Helmets on one head
It is considered to be, that the tennis player, having won tournament of the Big helmet, automatically enters the name in history. However recently such historical characters became more and more, and one of them Marat Safin was up to pozavcherashnego day. It, as anybody another, understood, that for acknowledgement of the reputation it is necessary to win on similar tournament even once again. " Two Big helmets is already something. One in fact can be won by mistake as was with me when I have won 2000 on US Open, - with a smile spoke Marat. - In the States all was so unexpectedly, so easily. Then I have lost for two endings of the Open championship of Australia and uncertainty in has appeared. If I have not won in third time, to go through such would be uneasy ".
It is difficult to tell, as though Marat experienced defeat in the Sunday ending against Llejtona Hjuitta if those happened. Can, would run into depression or even has got drunk. And the first party has guided on sad ideas - the contender has easily won her with the humiliating account - 1:6. " I could not believe, that I play so poorly! " - planted then hands Marat. And correctly did, that did not trust: in the second sete the 25-years Russian has played, as it is necessary, and has equalized the score. But in the third - again a failure, the truth, more likely game, instead of psychological. Marat though conceded 1:4, threw raketki, swore at judges and self, nevertheless did not lose presence of mind. " Yes, I was nervous, even have been slightly frightened, but all the same trusted, that I can change a course of game, - it asserted after a match. - Simply it was necessary to risk more, to use chances which are given by the contender more precisely. Besides I felt, that Hjuitt exhausts ".
The beautiful cup and the check for 916 911 dollars became award Maratu for magnificent game in the ending. Photo AP.
And soon under a mighty Russian pressure the bastion, vozdvignutyj on a back line swift-footed Hjuittom, started to fall. Marat has taken seven games successively, having won the third set and having led-2:0 - in the fourth. Safin has accurately kept this advantage up to the end of game as the Australian losing force tried to return the lost submission. That deciding game Marat has taken " under a zero ", speaks about much. He is not so that Safin who because of youthful arrogance and sloppiness has lost for the Australian ending - 2002 serednjachku JUhanssonu: present Marat it is wise, prudent, far-sighted and almost invincible. " It is too good ", - with grief ascertained Hjuitt. Against such breakage there is no reception.
Search for the woman
The matured Safin, similarly, has become staid not only on court, but also outside of it.
- What be going to do now? - journalists have asked Marata after a victory eager up to klubnichki. - Probably, be filled up in a night club?
- I want to sit silently houses with friends, can, absolutely slightly to drink. That up to night clubs I already for this purpose starovat, - have smiled in answer Marat.
Darya Zhukov.
Clubs, pjanki-parties, a loose of little girls - similarly, all this for Marata already in the past. If during ending Australian Open-2002 for Safin the whole brigade blonde krasotok the last and this year in Melbourne Marat has flashed not a constancy peculiar to it earlier was ill - in objectives of television cameras the attractive brunette by name Darya Zhukov on a regular basis got. One year ago she appeared in Australia only as " the friend to family " and sat next mum Marata. However soon after the ending - 2004 Safin has already officially presented the tennis public Darya as the girlfriend. There was it at Moscow restaurant " Iia " on celebrating of the 30-anniversary of Evgenie Kafelnikov. And on the last Sunday in Melbourne at ceremony of rewarding the winner publicly has thanked beloved for support.
Dasha, certainly, a successful choice, in fact she is necessary the native daughter to the Russian oil tycoon Alexander Zhukov, the chapter of corporation " Synthesis ". With such future father-in-law Marat can not be afraid, that the bride and in the long term wife Dasha will apply on his prize-winning ($12 000 000 for career). By the way, mister Zhukov at present any more the Russian, and the citizen of the Great Britain. Can, the love to the daughter of "Englishman" will help with this year Maratu to win Wimbledon?
FROM FILE "KP"
Safin Marat Mubinovich, the tennis player.
Was born on January, 27, 1980 in Moscow.
Growth - 193 sm, weight - 88 kg.
Has won 15 tournaments, including two tournaments of the Big helmet (US Open-2000 and Australian Open-2005).
The winner of Cup Devisa in structure of modular Russia (2002.)
For career has earned $11 834 844.
BY THE WAY
Now Marat is in the lead in world tables of ranks. In his active of 200 rating glasses, the finalist of Australian superiority Llejtona Hjuitta on 17 has less. However it is formal it has no right to be called as the first raketkoj the world. By the rules accepted in man's tennis, this title is awarded to the that player who finishes a season on the first place. Also winner Australian Open becomes always far from being such tennis player. For example, one year ago Swiss Roger Federer has managed to keep the leadership extracted in Australia up to the end of year, and here in 2003 champion of Australia Andre Agassi eventually became only to the fourth. Nevertheless Safin plans to be beaten seriously for a world crown: " I have a talent, I the good player. It is necessary to continue to work, ahead a long season, and I shall try to become in a result to the first ".
Artem GUSJATINSKY gusiatin@kp.ru On February, 01, 2005
www.kp.ru/daily/23451/36353/Maybe it's just me, but does that article seem really familiar? I'm getting deja-vu from last years Australian Open and all the Russian Dasha articles that came out...maybe it's lazy journalism again and they're recycling last years stuff
No new pics anyway.
She's also found an interview with Marat's dad, Mikhail, which he did by phone. It's in Moscow Komosomolets and she's going to try and translate that as well for us. Thanks Maria!
you know what i mean. i can find anymore pcitures than what you have and what i posted above :-/if anybody has any new pics, please post them or tell us where we can find them. 
thanks