Marat Safin won the Russian final in Beijing

Russian Marat Safin completed his sad series, when for 22 months he could not win the tournament of the Att series. This tradition broke off in China, where Marat won his compatriot Mikhail South 7: 6, 7: 5 in the final of the Beijing tournament.

The former first racket of the world, which is Safin, showed that the experience is great things, applying it in the match with the South. It should be noted that at the tournament Safin did not lose a single set by winning the tournament for the first time since November 2002, when Marat took the title of Masters tournament in Paris.

In the first set, thanks to the four Aesam, Marat won with a bill with a score of 7: 4. In the second batch, Marat violated the equal move of the fight in the 11th Gamer, taking the submission of the south. The nervousness of Mikhail also affected, who made a double mistake on Break Point. As a result, after an hour and 37 minutes, Safin won the match from the very first match. Recall that this season, Marat’s merits should be reckoned to the final of the Australian Open Championship, as well as to the final of the tournament in Estoril.

In monetary, Safin won $ 69,200, and in addition to this, Marat took his 12th career title and went around the American Asia Minor Andre Agassi in the championship GOK, taking eighth place. Recall that the first eight tennis players at the end of the year will go to Houston for the final single tournament Masters Cup.

As for the South, on the way to the final, he won three "seeded" players. A 22-year-old Russian could win the second title in his career. Note that for his third in his career access to the final, South will receive $ 40,700.