Russian Tsar Safin reached the final of the Paris Masters four times and won three of them, and the Masters became the place where Safine said goodbye to tennis.
Born in 1980, Safin is known as the Tsar and has come to the top spot in the world.
In 1997, at the age of 17, Safine officially entered professional tennis.
In 1999, Safin won his first tour title in Boston and reached the Masters final for the first time——— the paris masters final, and was defeated by his uncle Agassi 7-6 (1), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
2000 was arguably Safin's highlight, a year in which he won 73 tour games, reached the final nine times, won seven of them, and lifted his first Masters title in Toronto.
In the same year, he defeated Sampras in three straight sets in the US Open final to win his first Grand Slam title.
It was also this year that Safin, who reached the final of the Paris Masters for the second time, beat Mark Philipps 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8) to win the first title of the Paris Masters.
In the 2001 US Open semi-finals, Sampras successfully avenged Safine to reach the final, but lost to Hewitt in the final, allowing the Australian Hare to win his first Grand Slam title.
In 2002, Safin, who reached the final of the Paris Masters again, defeated Hewitt in three straight sets 7-6/(4), 6-0, 6-4 to win the second paris Masters title.
In 2004, Safine, who reached the final of the Paris Masters for the fourth time, defeated Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to win the third title of the Paris Masters, at that time, who could have imagined that the Paris Masters would be the place where Safin bid farewell to the tennis world, and the Paris Masters, also known as Safin's blessed land, he won a total of five Masters championships, and won three at the Paris Masters.
In the semi-finals of the 2005 Australian Open, he defeated defending champion Federer, and in the final, he defeated the local Australian hare Hewitt to win the second Grand Slam title of his career and his last Grand Slam title.
After that, Safine fell to the top 100 in the world ranking due to injury problems, and was defeated by Argentina's Monaco in two straight sets in the first round of the 2008 Paris Masters.
On 11 November 2009, in the second round of the Paris Masters, Safin lost 1-2 to his brother Del Potro, who had just won the US Open, ending his illustrious career in Paris.
Safine, who comes from a fighting ethnic group, also prefers wrestling, and it is said that he has broken hundreds of rackets in his career, but the wrestling is wrestling, and Safine still won two Grand Slam titles, which shows that wrestling may not prevent players from winning Grand Slam titles.
However, the Russian tennis world is lucky enough, with the retirement of Safine, Sharapova and others, a new troika has appeared in the Russian tennis world, and Medvedev, Kachanov and Rublev have begun to rise. (Source: Tennis House Author: Tennis Rookie)