I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.

In the following years Safin never fully recovered. He was later defeated in the early rounds of each of the seven tournaments he played between the Australian Open and the French Open. ".

1 ranking during his career. Open after defeating Pete Sampras and won the 2005 Australian Open defeating Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the final. They are the first brother-sister tandem in tennis history to both achieve No.