Pushed into tennis by his mother, shipped off to Spain to refine his game, Safin is at once a lifelong tennis devotee and an anguished rebel.

• 在母亲的望子成龙敦促下，萨芬被送往西班牙训练，之后随即成为终生热爱网球的球手，然而也始终是痛苦挣扎的叛逆小子。