Safin finding best form
Safin finding best form 
Former Australian Captain May 14, 2008
FORMER world No.1 Marat Safin continued his comeback with a straight-sets win over ninth-seed Tomas Berdych in the second round of the Hamburg Masters Series. Safin has plummeted down the rankings to 89th after suffering a series of injuries and had to qualify for the main draw, but he hit four aces on his way to knocking out Berdych, 11th in the world, 7-5, 6-4 in 90 minutes.
The 28-year-old Russian was runner-up in Hamburg in 2000 and 2002.
In other results, Argentinian Juan Monaco is also in the third round after the 12th seed breezed past Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-1.
He will play another Italian in the third round when he faces Andreas Seppi who removed French No.1 and eighth seed Richard Gasquet.
Agence France-Presse