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this is from an after match interview Marat Safin did – from ASAP Sports
25 March 2004
Q. You trained in Valencia with Juan Carlos, right?
MARAT SAFIN: Not exactly.
Q. Not exactly?
MARAT SAFIN: Not exactly. One is from the same place, but different cities. I would live like around 60 miles away from each other.
Q. You know him pretty well?
MARAT SAFIN: Yeah, yeah. We been playing, I mean, we been traveling together in the same tournaments since we are 14.
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Taken from the Official ATP Tour website
5 March 2001
Juan Carlos Ferrero captured the second ATP title of his career when his top seeded opponent Marat Safin was forced to retire with a back injury 52 minutes into the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Ferrero, the seventh seed from Spain, was leading 6-2, 3-1 in the battle of the New Balls Please stars when Safin decided he could no longer continue. The 21-year-old Russian incurred the injury during his semifinal win over Thomas Johansson.
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