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| Safin's
formula for success - drink, sleep, and train |
courtesy
sportserver.com
MOSCOW
(October 19, 2000 10:28 a.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com)
Marat Safin, in Moscow for next week's Kremlin Cup, enjoys the
city's night life, says his part-time coach Alexander Volkov.
"He likes Moscow, he likes its night life, restaurants, good-looking
girls," Volkov, who last month guided Safin to his first Grand
Slam title in New York, was quoted as saying in Sovietsky Sport
newspaper.
However, Volkov, once a top 10 player himself, said Safin's
busy night life in Moscow would not interfere with his tennis.
"Safin is a grown-up man already, he is 20 years old, he knows
how to regulate himself," said Volkov, who now serves as the
director of the men's Kremlin Cup.
"If he goes to a night club, even if he stays there until four
in the morning, that does not mean he drinks like a horse.
"He has one or two beers, which is enough. It doesn't bother
him. He gets enough sleep, then goes on a court and trains."
Volkov said it would have a negative effect if someone tried
to prevent Safin from going out at night.
"It would be stupid to have him train all day," he said.
"That way Marat would still go to night clubs but he would get
tired 10 times more than he is used to."
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