Jarkko Nieminen
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"Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen" is a Finnish professional tennis player and, as of June 2014, he is the highest ranked Finnish tennis player.

His highest ranking is World No. 13, achieved in July 2006. He has won two Association of Tennis Professionals/ATP singles titles and three doubles titles in his career. His best performances in Grand Slam (tennis)/Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 US Open – Men's Singles/2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles/2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open – Men's Singles/2008 Australian Open.

Arguably Finland's best player ever, Nieminen is the highest-ranked Finn in rankings history, and is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. He is also notable for winning the shortest tennis match records/shortest recorded Masters Tour tennis match in Open Era history, defeating Bernard Tomic in just 28 minutes and 20 seconds in the first round of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis. He has been ranked inside the Top 90 since 2001.

His wife, Anu Nieminen, is currently Finland's top-ranked badminton women's single player.

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I was changing the pace and the tempo and it was working very well.

It's getting more popular, ... Hopefully this helps even more, when I play well here.

The second set was huge. I knew at the end of the second set that I could win.

I think I played very smart today. I think that's my strongest part, I can adjust my game even during the match and see how the opponent is playing.

I'm playing in the quarter-finals. It's my best achievement.

I felt that he's not that confident on the court because he doesn't show those emotions that he's usually showing, ... Maybe he was a little bit surprised after the first set.

I don't see the reason why we couldn't have more good players. But of course in Sweden they have a huge tennis culture that we don't have in Finland.

I feel I am playing better with every round, and really have nothing to lose against Lleyton.