Marat Safin once courted controversy in a very unusual fashion at the French Open.
Safin told the Washington Post:
“It was a great point for me!” Safin explained Friday after a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-7, 11-9 second-round victory over Felix Mantilla that took two days to complete. “I felt like pulling my pants down. What’s bad about that?”