Status: WTA tennis player ranked #58 in the world upset 2008 champion Maria Sharapova in three sets in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open.
Ht: 5-8 Wt: 127
DOB: January 25, 1987 In: Moscow, Russia
First Tennis Memory: “When I came to the club when I was seven-years-old and I came to one of the bigger clubs [...]
This Biofile was done on August 31, 1998 at the US Open. At the time Safin was a highly regarded teenager but was still ranked outside the top 50. He reached the round of 16 in Flushing Meadows before losing to Sampras. Safin would break into the top 50 later in the year when he defeated Korda [...]
Status: Los Angeles Kings winger
HT: 6-foot-2 WT: 210 pounds
DOB: June 19, 1982 In: Moscow, Russia
Hockey Inspirations: “I didn’t have one guy. I like a lot of great players – like Alexander Yakushev, Valeri Kharlamov. But I really didn’t have one guy who I really wanted to be like. I always want to be myself.”
Nicknames: “Fro. [...]
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Biofile with Maria Kirilenko | 
Safin signs in Washington DC 2007 | 
Biofile with Alexander Frolov | 
