Safin wins in Halle, faces knee injury decision

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Mon Jun 6, 2005 1:29 PM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - World number five Marat Safin eased
through to the second round of the Halle Open Monday
but said he could take a few months off to rest if a
troublesome knee injury persisted.

A forced lay-off at this stage of the tour would be a
severe blow to the Australian Open champion with Wimbledon
set to get underway on June 20.

"I need to sit down with the doctors just to decide whether
I play or will stop for a couple of months," the Russian
said after his 6-3 6-2 win over Germany's Alexander Popp.

"It's very painful and I won't play longer with this pain.
But it's going be a tough decision, because it's in the
middle of the season and a big tournament is coming right
now."

Safin blamed the knee problem, which he said had been
bothering him for two months, on the gruelling ATP tour
schedule.

"Unfortunately the tour and the years are really too long.
You have not enough time to rest and to recover from
injuries, that's why I'm suffering," he told reporters.

"To make the right decision is really tough, because always
some people say, you have to try and defeat the pain. But
this is not my game to suffer on the court for three hours
playing with the pain," he added.

Safin will play either France's Fabrice Santoro or Andrei
Pavel of Romania in the second round of the grasscourt
tournament.

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