Archive for category: Jarkko Nieminen
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Tomic beats Nieminen, plays Seppi in Sydney SFs
Australian Bernard Tomic booked his Sydney International 2013 semi-final place after overcoming Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, coming back from a set down to prevail 6-7 (6) 6-4 6-2. The defending champion Nieminen raced to a 5-2 lead in the first set, just to allow Tomic to come back into it. [...] -
Almagro, Hewitt and Youzhny enter QFs in Stockholm, Mayer out
Nicolas Almagro, Lleyton Hewitt, and Mikhail Youzhny are through to the quarterfinals at 2012 Stockholm Open, whilst fourth and eights seeds Mayer and Nieminen bid farewell. As expected, 178th-ranked Marius Copil of Romania fell short to third seed Almagro. This year’s Sao Paulo and Nice conqueror Spaniard remained untroubled during [...] -
Youzhny beats Baker, Nieminen also through to 2nd round in Stockholm
Seeded players Mihkail Youzhny and Jarkko Nieminen moved into the second round of Stockholm Open ATP tournament in straight sets. Sixth-seeded Youzhny was the one dictating the terms in the first round clash against American Brian Baker. Two holds by each player in the opening four games were followed by [...] -
Simon overcomes Tipsarevic, plays Gasquet in Bangkok final
The Bangkok audience is going to witness an all-French final between Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet at the 2012 Thailand Open. Fourth-seeded Simon will play for his second title of the season after taking out top seed Janko Tipsarevic. The Frenchman started the match brightly with seizing a break straight [...] -
Nieminen beats Raonic, Gasquet ousts Tomic in Thailand Open 2012 QFs
Finn Jarkko Nieminen upset 3rd seeded Milos Raonic of Canada in today’s Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinals, overcoming him in straight sets 6-3 7-6 (3). In the first ever meetings between the two players, Nieminen broke Raonic once on his way to take the first set in 36 minutes. After both [...] -
Tipsarevic and Nieminen through to Thailand Open quarterfinals
A single break in each set was enough for Janko Tipsarevic to move into the quarterfinals of Bangkok, seeing off a spirited Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-4. Tipsarevic was dominant on serve throughout the match, serving three aces and dropping just three points on his first serve, not facing a single break point. [...] -
Verdasco survives scare, Nieminen and Troicki progress at the Thailand Open
Fernando Verdasco bounced back from losing the first set to avoid a surprise defeat against Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the 2012 Thailand Open, winning 3-6 6-0 6-2. One of a number of Japanese players in the draw, Ito was thought to have the toughest draw of them all [...] -
Isner and Dolgopolov reach last 16 in New York
Favorites Alexandr Dolgopolov, John Isner, and Stanislas Wawrinka have dropped an occasional set, but survived second round of 2012 US Open. Former World No. 8 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis was matched-up against fourteenth seed Ukrainian Dolgopolov on Court 17. The encounter was marked by high level of inconsistency as we could [...] -
Olympics: Murray Marches on, Rain Delays Play
Under the cover of the centre court roof, 3rd seed and hometown favorite Andy Murray marched past his second round opponent Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. Representing Great Britain, Murray was impressive in his first round appearance against Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, winning that match in straight sets. He showed much of [...] -
Murray defeats Ito in opening match in Paris
Britain’s Andy Murray overcame Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the first round of the 2012 Roland Garros, beating him in straight sets 6-1 7-5 6-0 after 1 hour and 35 minutes. Murray got off to a superb start, taking the first set in just 25 minutes. After he broke Ito [...] -
Top Finnish Tennis Pro opens Training Academy for Junior Players
The Finnish number 1 player Jarkko Nieminen announced that he would be setting up a tennis academy for junior players this summer. Bearing his own name, the Jarkko Nieminen Tennis Academy will be located mainly in the Tali Tennis Centre in Helsinki, and admittance will initially be made to the [...] -
Raonic, Nieminen win opening matches in Barcelona
11th seed Canadian Milos Raonic won his first round match of the Barcelona Tennis Open as he defeated Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4 7-6 (3). Raonic will meet the winner of the match between Igor Andreev and Diego Junqueira in round 2. Also through to the second round is Jarkko [...] -
Nadal beats Nieminen at Monte Carlo Masters
In a re-match of their 2011 Monte Carlo Masters encounter, no.2 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-4 6-3 and moved into the third round. An early break for Nadal in the very first game of the match secured him the first set. Nadal, watched [...]
