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...this doesn’t always work. Case in point is the classic underachiever Marat Safin. Sometimes, a player’s frustration is his own undoing...
...genre of philosophical pornography." Vive La Revolution's chatty informality doesn't detract from its rigor. Steel is not a historian, but he's done his homework. Even Revolution buffs may find surprising new facts - like the 15-min. bathside chat Charlotte Corday shared with revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat before murdering him - or provocative takes on old ones. The tale of how Marie Antoinette trod on her executioner's foot, then begged his pardon, has been told. But while "her defenders cite this as an example of her sturdy harmlessness, civil and without malice to the end," writes Steel...
...Srichaphan is rapidly ascending higher rungs of the ladder. The 23-year-old Thai shocked the tennis world at Wimbledon when he unseated former champion Andre Agassi, then continued a sizzling streak by winning his first atp (Association of TennisProfessionals) title in August and defeating world number-four ranked Marat Safin last month. 'I surprised everyone?that the player who beat Agassi that day was not European or American, but from Asia and Thailand,' he says. 'I feel like I'm representing not just Thai people but Asian players.' Srichaphan's ascent hit a snag last week, however, witha surprise...
...recently. It had better find someone, fast. The women's game, which features the charismatic, hard-hitting Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, plus Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis, among others, has clearly captured the public's imagination. The men's game has plenty of terrific players, like Marat Safin and Tim Henman, and promising Americans, like Andy Roddick and James Blake. But men's tennis is in a personality slump and needs a superstar with game and gumption who can connect with fans...
When Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, who between them have won 21 Grand Slam titles, came up against comparative unknowns in second-round matches at Wimbledon, the world's oldest tennis tournament, they were supposed to win comfortably. But someone had forgotten to give George Bastl, Paradorn Srichaphan and Olivier Rochus the script. They blew the big guns out of the competition. In just over three hours the three stars contrived to lose to players all ranked outside the world's top 50. Third-seeded Agassi lost in three sets to Thailand's Srichaphan, while the second seed...