Safin Returns From Ballot Boxes To Service Boxes
To survive in both elite tennis and Russian politics, you need good intelligence or just to be exceptionally astute. Who can you trust? "In tennis and politics, you have to know who your friends are and also who your enemies are," says Marat Safin. The Russian has navigated both worlds. And now, he is stepping back onto the tennis court to compete in Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in London, an ATP Champions Tour event taking place from 29 November through 3 December. As a former world number one, and a winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, Safin could have spent his retirement "making commercials left and right and pretending that I'm a celebrity", and perhaps competing...