His goodbyes may not have been as prolonged as those of the Rolling Stones, who embarked on a so-called farewell tour as long ago as 1971, but Marat Safin seems to have been waving nostalgically to crowds for almost as long as he has been smashing rackets. The long goodbye, however, is finally at an end for a man who, in the public eye at least, has appeared just as much about rock 'n' roll as ...