The Russian was fined the maximum $10,000 for refusing to attend a news conference after his first round defeat at the French Open.
Roger Federer joined Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal and Guillermo Coria in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Bhupathi pairing Fernando Gonzalez defeated Dominik Hrbaty and Marat Safin 6-3, 6-3 to enter the second round.
World number one Roger Federer beat Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-1 while Marat Safin breezed past Lee Hyung-taik 6-0, 7-5
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
American qualifier Bobby Reynolds became the latest player to frustrate former world number one Marat Safin with a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 first-round win at the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday. Mardy Fish, who stunned top-ranked Roger Federer in a straight-set victory in the Pacific Life Open last week, went down 6-3, 6-3 to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
He won 6-4, 6-4 in a high-powered quarter-final at the Valencia claycourt Open on Friday.
Spaniards David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero also suffered first round shocks at the Valencia Open on Tuesday.
Holders Croatia had to be content with a win and a loss from the opening day's two singles rubbers in the Davis Cup.
A double fault earned the Russian his eighth ATP title after two hours and seven minutes.
The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
Andre Agassi slumped to a 7-5, 7-5 defeat against Bjorn Phau at the Dubai Open
The former US Open champion has withdrawn from this year's tournament because of a lingering wrist injury.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt dispatched Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 6-1 to clinch his place in the Masters Cup semi-finals.
The Russian will not defend his Australian Open title after failing to recover sufficiently from a knee injury.
Argentine Guillermo Coria and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko are front-runners for the last two slots at the end-of-season Masters Cup.
The Australian Open champion has not fully recovered from a knee injury and will miss next month's Masters Cup in Shanghai.
The defending champion is on collision course with Lleyton Hewitt, the man whose title he took.
Fifth seed Marat Safin has withdrawn from the U.S. Open because of a knee injury
David Nalbandian and Gaston Gaudio must oust Russians Marat Safin and Igor Andreev in the fourth round for Argentina to have four men in the quarter-finals.
Former world number one Marat Safin was dumped out in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters on Monday, beaten 6-3 7-6 by German Nicolas Kiefer.
Second seed Tommy Haas and No 3 Marat Safin were ousted from the Washington Open.
The fifth seeded Russian was sent packing by the Spaniard in straight sets, in the third round at Wimbledon.
World number one Roger Federer breezed through to the Halle Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Justine Henin-Hardenne soaked up the full force of Svetlana Kuznetsova's armoury to stay in the hunt for a second French Open crown.
The world number one repeated his Australian Open final victory over Marat Safin with a 7-6, 7-6 win to reach the second round of the Dubai Open.
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