原文标题：Russia's Safin claims I s rael is "lucky" to be in Davis Cup quarters
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摘出其中跟萨同学
比较密切的几段（剩下的是以 色 列方面的或是无关痛痒的背景资料）：
"With all due respect, Israel was lucky to get to the quarterfinals," Safin said on Tuesday. "Sweden practically had no players. Thomas Johansson was semi-retired and Andreas Vinciguerra hadn't played professionally for five years."
Safin dropped 36 places to number 60 in the world on Monday, but the 29-year-old, who will retire at the end of the season, is optimistic he will be in top form for the tie against Israel, which gets underway with two singles matches on Friday.
"It doesn't really matter that I haven't done very well recently," Safin said. "I'm ready for the tie and I'm feeling confident."
Safin doesn't believe he will be troubled by the rowdy local support.
"I don't think it's going to get any worse than Chile or Argentina," he said. "We just want to try and have fun and whoever is better will win."

关于对手：
萨同学说，以队能进戴杯8强那是因为瑞典队没人
关于温网后排名下跌：
萨同学觉得没啥，自省最近打得确实不好。
关于接下来的戴杯，
萨同学说，“我已经准备好了。我感到信心十足。”（小鸟：振奋啊！）
关于恐怖的客场
见过无数大场面的萨同学说，“我想这儿不会比智利和阿根廷的主场更恐怖。我们只想尽力比赛享受乐趣，谁发挥得更好谁就赢罗。”
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