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Post by dremajreed on May 5, 2009 21:41:33 GMT 3
Also has Marat been back to Moscow during the last few months to perhaps get some support from his family or has he stayed away? Just wondering.
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Post by SAFINNO1 on May 8, 2009 21:17:00 GMT 3
Just a bit more infomation on what Marat will be doing during the days before Roland Garros
He is taking part in an exhibition in Paris called the Guinot Mary Cohr Masters, scheduled for May 20-22 at the Paris Golf & Country
Interestingly it is a team competition and they will be using the same clay and balls as Roland Garros. So it is good preparation but back to the team competiton
It will involve 12 players, with two teams of 6 competing against each other led by an Internationally renowned captain.
The players will meet as teammates and opponents in a unique new event. The 12 players will be divided up into two teams of six, Guinot vs. Mary Cohr, coached by internationally renowned captains. Two best-of-three set matches a day from 1:30 p.m. onwards will commence. Each player will play once only during the three-day tournament and the two captains will challenge one another on the Friday just before the presentation of the trophy. Because the stands are nearer the courts than anywhere else, the spectators will get a close-up of the stars in competition.
Players signed up so far are:
Roger Federer
Rafa Nadal
Andy Murray
Marat Safin
Stan Wawrinka
Arnaud Clement
Julian Benneteau
James Blake
Tommy Haas
3 more to be confrmed
Sounds like a little fun!
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Post by SAFINNO1 on May 8, 2009 21:28:07 GMT 3
And just a bit more information on what Marat will be doing before WIMBLEDON
He's going back to the Fortis Bank Tennis Classic at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham
Takes place between the 16th-20th June
Confirmed players so far are:
Berdych
Blake
Wawrinka
Safin
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Jul 14, 2009 17:32:48 GMT 3
Safin confirms appearance at Thai Open
By: TOR CHITTINAND
Published: 14/07/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: SportsFormer world number one Marat Safin will join Rafael Nadal and Jo Wilfried-Tsonga at the PTT Thailand Open, organisers said yesterday.
Suwat Liptapanlop, president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand (LTAT), said the Russian had confirmed his participation in the September 26 to October 4 tournament.
It will be Safin's last Thailand Open as he will retire at the end of the year.
Safin has reached the Thailand Open semi-finals twice.
Suwat said more famous players may decide to join the Thailand Open after the US Open and that Nadal's handlers insisted the world number two would make his Thailand Open debut despite injury concerns.
Thailand's Danai Udomchoke and twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana will play as wild-cards.
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