Russia have recalled Marat Safin for next month's Davis Cup first-round tie against Serbia.
Argentine Franco Squillari provided the shock of the first round at the Valencia Open by beating the second seed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
The Russian registered an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory in the second round of the Rome Masters.
The Russian was fined the maximum $10,000 for refusing to attend a news conference after his first round defeat at the French Open.
Qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky sent Marat Safin to the brink of retirement when he beat the former World No 1 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the St Petersburg Open semi-finals on Saturday.
They head the line-up for the select eight-man field at the Jan. 10-13 event.
Roger Federer set up a juicy third round clash with former Australian Open champion Marat Safin after finally subduing a stubborn Evgeny Korolev 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday.
The Australian Open champion has not fully recovered from a knee injury and will miss next month's Masters Cup in Shanghai.
Former world number one Marat Safin tumbled out of the Swedish Open on Wednesday losing to Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 in the first round and said he was looking forward to a life free from rackets and balls.
Former world number one Marat Safin ended his playing career with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 defeat by US Open champion Juan Martin del Porto at the Paris Masters on Wednesday.
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 on Monday. The gifted but erratic Russian, who has been hampered by injuries in recent years and has dropped out of the top 50, was made to work hard against a player ranked 168th in the world.
Marat Safin, just a few weeks short of retirement, knocked out top seed Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a high-profile first-round tie between the two Russians at the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.
Croat Ivo Karlovic beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Madrid Masters.
Marat Safin beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Amritraj, a wild card, was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
Russian wild card Safin brushed aside Serbian Boris Pashanski in just 55 minutes to advance to his first quarter-final of the year, at the Valencia Open.
The Russian former world No 1 was beaten in the second round by Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.
Roger Federer will complete his preparations for next year's Australian Open at the Kooyong Classic.
The Australian registered a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Marat Safin in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.
Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden on Friday announced his retirement from competitive tennis at the age of 34.
Former champion Marat Safin's grand slam career came to an end when he punched a backhand into the net to end a two-hour, 13-minute match, going down to Austrian Juergen Melzer in the first-round on Wednesday.
Italian Simone Bolelli upset local favourite Nicolas Almagro 7-6, 6-1 at the Madrid Masters on Monday.
The Australian proposed to actress Bec Cartwright after losing Sunday's final to Russian Marat Safin.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
Third seed Novak Djokovic became the highest men's casualty when he was demolished 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 by inspired Russian Marat Safin.
Former world number one Marat Safin stumbled out of the Paris Masters when he lost 6-0, 7-6 to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco in the first round on Monday. The Russian, three-time winner of the Paris indoor tournament, picked up his game too late to unsettle Monaco, who will next meet France's Gael Monfils, seeded 16th.
Champion Roger Federer banished menacing storm clouds on Wednesday to set up a tantalising Wimbledon semi-final date with Marat Safin.
The third seed withdrew because of a wrist injury that will sideline him for at least two weeks.
Russia's Marat Safin knocked out Swede Robin Soderling in a second-round match at the Paris Masters.
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