![Marat Safin of Russia serves the ball to opponent Karol Kucera of Slovakia during first round tennis action at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola Marat Safin of Russia serves the ball to opponent Karol Kucera of Slovakia during first round tennis action at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PEREH2/marat-safin-of-russia-serves-the-ball-to-opponent-karol-kucera-of-slovakia-during-first-round-tennis-action-at-the-2004-olympic-games-in-athens-sunday-aug-15-2004-ap-photoelise-amendola-2PEREH2.jpg)
Marat Safin of Russia serves the ball to opponent Karol Kucera of Slovakia during first round tennis action at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola
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Slovak player Karol Kucera returns to Florian Mayer of Germany during decisive match of the tennis Davis Cup Word Group playoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sept. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/TASR, Pavel Neubauer Stock
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Karol Kucera, de Slovaquie, en action contre Pete Sampras aux Etats-Unis lors des championnats de tennis de pelouse à Wimbledon Photo Stock - Alamy
![French tennis player Fabrice Santoro returns a ball during his second round match against Karol Kucera from Slovakia at the ATP Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, Thursday, June French tennis player Fabrice Santoro returns a ball during his second round match against Karol Kucera from Slovakia at the ATP Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, Thursday, June](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2pf6k93/french-tennis-player-fabrice-santoro-returns-a-ball-during-his-second-round-match-against-karol-kucera-from-slovakia-at-the-atp-gerry-weber-open-tennis-tournament-in-halle-western-germany-thursday-june-12-2003-ap-photo-martin-meissner-2pf6k93.jpg)