Perennial Obsessions: Marat Safin
Our favorite tennis player/madman had a pretty good year—ranked 104th before the US Open, he finishes the season ranked 26th. Not bad for a two-month spell, unless you consider that he could’ve won the US Open (yes, beaten Roger) if he hadn’t flaked out in his match with Tommy Haas, whom he’s always owned, and whom he was trouncing handily until the brain went somewhere else. But we’re not complaining because we love the nut, plus the ranking could just as easily have been 226th. Here’s the updated Marat “slambook”.
Favorite color: Still black.
Favorite film: I have seen so many movies of all types I can’t determine one as exceptional.
Favorite director/actor: David Lynch. Martin Scorsese—I particularly like his last film The Departed. Edward Norton.
Favorite drink: Still Coke.
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