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![Tennis Vintage Pic on Twitter: "Marat Safin's player box during Australian Open 2002 #Safinettes http://t.co/6qHfMhYKcF" / Twitter Tennis Vintage Pic on Twitter: "Marat Safin's player box during Australian Open 2002 #Safinettes http://t.co/6qHfMhYKcF" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqJ6cnJXQAAnAiw.jpg)
Tennis Vintage Pic on Twitter: "Marat Safin's player box during Australian Open 2002 #Safinettes http://t.co/6qHfMhYKcF" / Twitter
![Marat Safin interview: 'If Federer and Nadal are still winning something must be seriously wrong with tennis' | The Independent | The Independent Marat Safin interview: 'If Federer and Nadal are still winning something must be seriously wrong with tennis' | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/11/30/15/marat-safin.jpg)
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![Marat Safin of Russia climbs into his entourages box after defeating... Nachrichtenfoto - Getty Images Marat Safin of Russia climbs into his entourages box after defeating... Nachrichtenfoto - Getty Images](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1044175/de/foto/marat-safin-of-russia-climbs-into-his-entourages-box-after-defeating-pete-sampras-to-win-the-mens.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=ENfz8Id6yY5Jk-cGBRBn-ZMaoZMMMnId0bBD_KaKi14=)
Marat Safin of Russia climbs into his entourages box after defeating... Nachrichtenfoto - Getty Images
![NO COMMERCIAL USE: The Duchess of York (right) watches the quarter-final match between Russia's Marat Safin and Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic from the Royal Box on the Centre Court at the All England NO COMMERCIAL USE: The Duchess of York (right) watches the quarter-final match between Russia's Marat Safin and Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic from the Royal Box on the Centre Court at the All England](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G5E98J/no-commercial-use-the-duchess-of-york-right-watches-the-quarter-final-G5E98J.jpg)
NO COMMERCIAL USE: The Duchess of York (right) watches the quarter-final match between Russia's Marat Safin and Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic from the Royal Box on the Centre Court at the All England
![Herald Sun on Twitter: "Thanasi Kokkinakis has branded Marat Safin the “GOAT” after an iconic photo of his player box at the 2002 Australian Open re-emerged > https://t.co/7LFT4KQqiO https://t.co/BaI738ufC8" / Twitter Herald Sun on Twitter: "Thanasi Kokkinakis has branded Marat Safin the “GOAT” after an iconic photo of his player box at the 2002 Australian Open re-emerged > https://t.co/7LFT4KQqiO https://t.co/BaI738ufC8" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmZPWr0agAAKn_z.jpg)
Herald Sun on Twitter: "Thanasi Kokkinakis has branded Marat Safin the “GOAT” after an iconic photo of his player box at the 2002 Australian Open re-emerged > https://t.co/7LFT4KQqiO https://t.co/BaI738ufC8" / Twitter
![Una amiga de la rusa Marat Safin observa su pérdida ante Thomas Johansson en Suecia en la final del Abierto de Australia en Melbourne el 27 de enero de 2002. Johansson ganó Una amiga de la rusa Marat Safin observa su pérdida ante Thomas Johansson en Suecia en la final del Abierto de Australia en Melbourne el 27 de enero de 2002. Johansson ganó](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/2d3d38r/una-amiga-de-la-rusa-marat-safin-observa-su-perdida-ante-thomas-johansson-en-suecia-en-la-final-del-abierto-de-australia-en-melbourne-el-27-de-enero-de-2002-johansson-gano-en-cuatro-sets-3-6-6-4-6-4-7-6-reuters-mark-baker-mdb-cp-2d3d38r.jpg)
Una amiga de la rusa Marat Safin observa su pérdida ante Thomas Johansson en Suecia en la final del Abierto de Australia en Melbourne el 27 de enero de 2002. Johansson ganó
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