Safin will not improve his position in the rankings and it is no secret he does not feel comfortable with the situation.
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"It's a little bit uncomfortable to find yourself in the top 10 for many years and [then] to find yourself ranked 70th and 30 and 50 and outside of the hundreds," he said.
"It's not really a comfortable position. I've been struggling throughout my career with injuries, left and right," he added, referring to knee injuries that hampered his 2005 and 2006 seasons.