Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The 29-year-old Russian, who had saved three match points to squeeze past French qualifier Thierry Ascione in the first round of his final tournament on Monday, fought bravely.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Russian turns back on tennis at the age of 29 • Novak Djokovic saves two match points to win Marat Safin has retired from professional tennis following his 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 defeat by the US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro at the Paris Masters this afternoon. The Russian announced earlier this year he would be bringing to an end a 12-year career that has brought him two grand slam...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
PARIS, (Reuters) - Former world number one Marat Safin, in his final tournament before retiring, squeezed past French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4 4-6 7-6 in ...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin extended his career by at least one more round, saving three match points Monday to beat French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Paris Masters. The 29-year-old Russian, a three-time winner in Paris, is planning to retire after this tournament. He will face U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the second round. "The way he is playing right now,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Russia's former world number one Marat Safin saved three match points here on Monday to prolong his career for a little longer. The 29-year-old two-time Grand Slam winner eventually prevailed over Frenchman Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3). Safin - who is playing in his last tournament before retiring - will next play Argentina's US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro. "Do you really believe...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Marat Safin, in his final tournament before retiring, squeezed past French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4 4-6 7-6 in a Paris Masters first-round match Monday.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin extended his career by at least one more round, saving three match points Monday to beat French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Paris Masters.
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin saves three match points to win in Paris Marat Safindefeated Thierry Ascione 6-4 4-6 7-6 in the opening round of the Paris BNP Paribas Masters. Safin was erratic and had to work hard against a player ranked 168th in the world. The Russian, who is playing his last tournament, saved three match points with aces at 5-4 down in the final set. He eventually went on to take the tiebreak 7-3...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin avoided the ignominy of heading into retirement with a first-round defeat in the Paris Masters after seeing off Thierry Ascione in a third-set tie-break.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin begins the final tournament of his career in dramatic style by saving three match points as he beats Thierry Ascione at the Paris Masters.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marat Safin extended his career by at least one more round, saving three match points Monday to beat French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Paris Masters.
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Paris BNP Paribas Masters Monday November 9th 2009 Order of Play Central Court Matches Start At: 11:00am Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) vs Andreas SEPPI (ITA) Not Before 1pm Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) vs Vincent MILLOT (FRA) Paul-Henri MATHIEU (FRA) vs Viktor TROICKI (SRB) Jeremy CHARDY (FRA)/Gilles SIMON (FRA) vs Simon ASPELIN (SWE)/Paul HANLEY (AUS) Not Before 7:30pm Thierry ASCIONE (FRA) vs Marat SAFIN (RUS)...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Kohlschreiber and Beck advance to Open de Moselle quarterfinals Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Bjorn Phau 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advanced to the Open de Moselle quarterfinals and will next face Evgeny Korolev, who beat Denis Istomin 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2). Andreas Beck made it past Thierry Ascione 6-2, 6-4 and will play Paul-Henri Mathieu, who defeated Marc Gicquel 7-6 (5), 6-4. Mathieu earned a decisive mini...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Metz Open men's singles first round results from France on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result) * Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat Arnaud Clement (France) 6-4 6-4 8-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) beat Sebastien De Chaunac (France) 4-6 6-1 7-6(1) Thierry Ascione (France) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 7-6(5) 6-4 Evgeny Korolev (Russia) beat 6-Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-2 6-3 Denis...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 28 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Swiss favorite Stanislas Wawrinka and reigning champion Victor Hanescu of Romania advanced Tuesday at the Swiss Open Wawrinka, the 2005 Gstaad runner-up, beat Argentine Federico Del Bonis 6-4, 7-5, and the fourth-seeded Hanescu beat Czech Ivo Minar 6-2, 6-2. Hanescu won over Russian Igor Andreev in last year's finale. Two other seeds advanced on Day...
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