Marat Safin becomes Russia´s tennis official

Marat Safin has become the new Russia´s tennis official.

After retiring from professional tennis, Safin became part of the Russian Olympic committee and now he has a new job at the Russian Tennis Federation.

In 2010, the Russian has been working behind the scenes in Russian tennis. Safin was at the All England Club presumably taking to ATP officials and players to play at the ATP Moscow event, the Kremlin Cup.

“I just want to bring more players to our tournament,” says Safin. “We need to make it more interesting. Lately we’ve struggled with the tennis players. The people in Russia want to see a little bit more the good quality players.”

Safin attended the Vancouver Olympics and also stopped by Roland Garros, dut he has his Dilbert moments.
“I go to the office,” he said, “I sit down and answer the phone, I send some e-mails.”

Safin also commented that he is working to “restructure” the federation and is looking forward for a new “team” he’s helping put in place.


Source tennis.com