Safin considers retirement after Paris exit
Safin intends to take a long break from tennis while he considers his future
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Monday, 27, Oct 2008 10:23
Two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin is considering his retirement from tennis after losing to Juan Monaco in the first round of the Paris Masters.
Safin, who is a three-time champion at the Paris tournament, was beaten 6-0, 7-6 in straight sets and after the defeat said he needs a long break from the game while he considers his future.
"I don't know what happened. I just couldn't find my rhythm and couldn't find the game," the 28-year-old Russian said.
"I need to think everything through. I have no pressure and I have nothing to prove or show. I just want to be comfortable with my decision, whatever I will take."
"I need to sit down and relax and just enjoy my life without any tennis (for) a couple of months and then I will see," Safin said.
"If I feel like I want to continue to play, I will. If not, it will be over."
Safin won the US Open in 2000 and the Australian Open in 2005, but hasn’t won a tour title since that victory in Australia.
"I've been struggling throughout my career with injuries left and right," said Safin.
"It's a little bit uncomfortable to find yourself in the top 10 for many years and to find yourself ranked 70 and 30 and 50 ... It's not really a comfortable position."
Elsewhere in the tournament Sam Querrey of the United States advanced to a second-round where he will meet Andy Murray.
Tomas Berdych, Marin Cilic and Nicolas Kiefer all advanced to the second round in straight sets.