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S3:E27) Jarkko Nieminen, former ATP 13 in singles and now captain of the Finnish Davis Cup team

S3:E27) Jarkko Nieminen, former ATP 13 in singles and now captain of the Finnish Davis Cup team

FromLinus på baslinjen podcast


S3:E27) Jarkko Nieminen, former ATP 13 in singles and now captain of the Finnish Davis Cup team

FromLinus på baslinjen podcast

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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Nov 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jarkko Nieminen had a fantastic career with 2 ATP-titles, 3 quarterfinals of Grand Slam and reaching number 13 in the world in singles and 42 in doubles. Today he's working as a coach for the Finnish tennisfederation, are captain for their Davis Cup team and are commentating tennis on television. 

In this episode we talk about: 
- the biggest reason to his success as a tennis player 
- Jarkkos pathway as a junior to becoming the US Open champion as last year junior and why he think his late specialization helped him in the start of hes pro career 
- Why doubles help your singles game 
-  Why Jarkko think he lost 11 out of 13 singles finals on the ATP tour 
- His tactics against Roger Federer 
- His view of Finnish tennis today  
- And of course we also talk about the match against Bernard Tomic 2014 that lasted 28 minutes and 20 seconds!
Released:
Nov 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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