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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 21, 2015 at 12:00 am

   Nieminen [145] retired at the age of 34, playing his last main-level event in Stockholm – there he debuted, there he played the most finals (three, losing them all). Today against a tricky ‘lucky loser’ Almagro [73], the Finn had two match points in the 2nd set tie-break – on first MP there was a long baseline rally & Jarkko played a decisive forehand down the line, he even thought for a second that he won the match, but the ball was a few centimetres too long. On second MP, Nieminen’s BH return hit the net-cord and stayed on his side… Almagro won 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 improving his 10-year-old H2H vs Nieminen to 5:1. Nieminen’s tenth main-level loss despite holding a match point. Three years ago in Valencia, Almagro finished career of Juan Carlos Ferrero…

   Nieminen’s ATP finals | 2-11 |
   2001 Stockholm: Sjeng Schalken 6-3 3-6 3-6 6-4 3-6
   2002 Estoril: David Nalbandian 4-6 6-7(5)
   2002 Mallorca: Gaston Gaudio 2-6 3-6
   2003 Munich: Roger Federer 1-6 4-6
   2006 Auckland: Mario Ancic 6-2 6-2
   2006 Stockholm: James Blake 4-6 2-6
   2007 Basel: Roger Federer 3-6 4-6
   2008 Adelaide: Michael Llodra 3-6 4-6
   2009 Sydney: David Nalbandian 3-6 7-6(9) 2-6
   2010 Bangkok: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6 6-3 4-6
   2011 Stockholm: Gael Monfils 5-7 6-3 2-6
   2012 Sydney: Julien Benneteau 6-2 7-5
   2013 Dusseldorf: Juan Monaco 4-6 3-6

   5 indoors, 4 on hardcourts (2 titles) & 4 on clay

   Nieminen’s H2H records against the greatest players of the last two decades:
   – Sampras 0:2
   – Agassi 1:1
   – Nadal 0:8
   – Federer 0:15
   – Djokovic 1:6
   Four months after his retirement, Nieminen play a Davis Cup (Group II) vs Zimbabwe in Kittila winning singles (6-0, 6-0, 6-0) and doubles (6-1, 6-0, 6-1)!

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