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MARAT SAFIN RETIREMENT WATCH: HE BLAMES HIS FOREHAND

By: freakyfrites on November 16 2009 - written 1164 posts. Comments (10) | Print |

2009 Thailand Open - Day 6

I love this video interview of Marat Safin, speaking in Paris after losing the last match of his career to Juan Martin del Potro. He says he realized during that match that he has a terrible forehand and maybe should have worked on it at some point during his career. I’m assuming he’s joking, but with Marat you never know:

Hey Marat – now that you have all this free time on your hands, how about working on the forehand. And coming out of retirement! Thanks to Judy for passing this along!

Here’s Marat’s terrible forehand in slow-mo (actually, it’s mostly just Marat in slo mo):

The backhand was always Marat’s glamour shot:

A nice rally form this year’s Shanghai tournament:

More nice shots:


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10 COMMENTS to “MARAT SAFIN RETIREMENT WATCH: HE BLAMES HIS FOREHAND”

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  1. TopSpin says:

    Hi ff!

    Marat didn’t have a poor forehand (though you might be forgiven for thinking that if you viewed it alongside his more awe-inspiring double handed backhand), it was just more of a liability than any other stroke.

    When his game broke down, it was usually the fhand that went first; bit like Venus Williams.

  2. JFK says:

    “Breaking rackets due to lack of technical skills” Lots of rackets.
    I’m gonna miss him

  3. Jess says:

    During a Bercy afternoon match, one commentator said (when spotted Dmitri Tursanov among the crowd) that Marat’s farewell party continued in Amsterdam. Of course, they believe Dima was in Paris for that particular reason. He was probably just killing time before driving to Amsterdam.

    Hmmm. European paparazzi are just too lazy to get something good….

  4. judy says:

    marat in slow-mo or at full speed, yes please! i don’t know how we’re going to survive without safin getting his sexy on! agreed, the paparazzi totally failed us!

    i think his backhand was smoother and more natural than his forehand, even if the latter was quite good. he seemed to have much more control with backhand and could hit it anywhere and out of nowhere. missing him again :( but ff rocks!

  5. judy says:

    you know i’ve never seen a clip from the FO where marat won a great point and pulled his shorts down. we need to find this!

  6. Liz says:

    Wow, that “Marat Shirtless” video reduced me to a bowl of quivering jelly! Thanks, freakyfrites! :-)

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