Novak Djokovic, who is eyeing a record 25th Grand Slam title, looks likely to need to beat either Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz or both at the business end of the Australian Open.
Unseeded Alejandro Tabilo beat twice champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday to maintain a remarkable 100 percent record win record over the 24-times major winner.
Former world number one and double Grand Slam title winner Marat Safin became the latest Russian tennis player to confirm he intends to run for his country's parliament.
The Australian Open runner-up let slip a two-set advantage on the Davis Cup tie against Belarus.\n\n
Marat Safin has been fined $2,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his first-round win over American Vince Spadea at the U.S. Open, the International Tennis Federation said on Thursday.
Russian seventh-seed Marat Safin tumbled out in the first round of the Thailand Open on Tuesday following a 6-4, 7-6 defeat by German Philipp Petzschner.
Marcos Baghdatis beat Russia's Marat Safin 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open.
Marat Safin battled to 6-3, 7-6 first round win over Igor Kunitsyn at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
The fifth seeded Russian was sent packing by the Spaniard in straight sets, in the third round at Wimbledon.
Safin was followed through the exit door at the Nasdaq Open by fifth-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya.
The Russian is one of those fancied to wrest the title from world number one Roger Federer this time.
The Russian stared down the challenge of local hero Lleyton Hewitt to win the centenary Australian Open on Sunday.
Marat Safin brought Lleyton Hewitt down to earth on Tuesday when he won the battle of the former world number ones by beating him 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Marat Safin laid into the "stupid rules" of tennis after a controversial foot-fault call almost derailed his progress into the second round of the US Open.
Even as Marat Safin prepares to take the plunge come December, rediff.com takes a look at a few other tennis stars who have entered the political arena.
The world number one outgunned, out-thought and ultimately outclassed Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 to reach his 17th Grand Slam semi-final in a row.
The 27-year-old has struggled for fitness and form in 2007 and lost in the first round of the Madrid Masters this week.
The former world number one battled past Australia's Chris Guccione 6-3 6-7 7-6 in the opening round of the Los Angeles Classic.
German sixth seed Benjamin Becker beat Marat Safin to set up a semi-final meeting with Ivo Karlovic, who had earlier dispatched fifth seeded American Mary Fish at the San Jose Open.
The Russian blasted tournament referee Wayne McKewen for making him play on what he considered was a wet surface following a rain interruption, against Andy Roddick.
The Russian will not defend his Australian Open title after failing to recover sufficiently from a knee injury.
Marat Safin, widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation, brought down the curtain on a chequered career when he bowed out to US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the Paris Masters.
World number 512, Wesley Whitehouse beat Marat Safin 6-1, 6-4 at the RCA Championsships.
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