Paris, June 02: 

Marat Safin leaves his mark wherever he goes. The Russian exited the French Open on Monday but a part of him - or rather 
a byproduct of his famed temper - will stay behind. 

The two-time grand slam champion got so angry during his fourth-round loss to Tommy Robredo that he slammed his racket 
into his changeover chair, leaving a gaping hole in the wooden base that included a Perrier ad. 

Safin was fined $1,000 (euro 813) for unsportsmanlike conduct. The sum was deducted from his prize money of euro62,020 
(US$76,285). 

So what happens to the broken chair? it will take pride of place in the Roland Garros Tennis Museum, as part of a display 
called "100 objects, 100 years of tennis," museum director Jean-Christophe Piffaut said. 

"Safin's language on court is not so great, but as long as he keeps providing us with new things, we don't mind," Piffaut 
said. "I bet Perrier are delighted with him. It's free advertising!" 

In 2002, Safin mangled a racket so badly that Piffaut kept it in his museum, and even put together a short movie of Safin 
tantrums during that tournament. 


Bureau Report