Пресс-конференция на US Open

- Marat, what’s your feeling after this loss?
I have to admit that I am terribly disappointed. I really am. I had a lot of expectations for the tournament. I feel bad, yeah. To be honest, I'm feeling not really happy with myself. But it's already past, so I cannot change it. I have to see what’s positive in it.

- According to you, was this defeat your fault or Enqvist fault?
If I would lie to myself, I would say it's Thomas' fault. But I don't want to lie to myself. A huge part of it is my fault, because I let him play well. He took the chance I gave him and he’s experimented enough to use it.

- You say it’s your fault but on what level?
The level of confidence! The best result I made during the American tour is a quarterfinal in Cincinnati. That’s not enough to arrive at the US Open and to hope you’ll beat a guy like Enqvist in the first round. I've not got enough confidence to beat these guys at the moment, coming to a tournament like this without any confidence is a little bit toug.

- Nonetheless some ex-winners of this tournament say that at the very moment they see the stadium, in the distance, when they come to New York, they are instantaneously transcended…
I don’t get what they mean! (he bursts out laughing) Maybe they even don’t know themselves…Anyway I have another point of view. It’s true that this victory in 2000 has changed my life, but it’s not a reason to climb up the curtains every time I see Flushing Meadows in the distance!

- Maybe you lost because you don’t show your emotions on court anymore?
(pretending he’s angry) First of all, whenever I try to show emotions, nobody likes it. When I don’t show emotions, nobody likes it. What the hell do you want me to do? Whenever I show emotions, everybody is criticizing me and complaining like ‘Why do you break so many racquets? Why you shout?’ Whenever I try to be calm, I try to be concentrated, is not good enough. So tell me how I should be please?

- What's wrong with you, they wanted to know. Why can't you compete? What would you say to your fans?
"What can I say to myself?" Safin responded. "What can I say to most of the fans? I don't know."