Monaco: Safin outlasts Nieminen

Former world number one Marat Safin recovered from a shaky start to reach the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory over 15th seed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland on......

Djokovic slips up against Nieminen

Serbia's Novak Djokovic missed his chance to leapfrog Roger Federer into second place on the world rankings when he was beaten 6-4, 7-6 by Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in the semi-finals of the Sydney......

Llodra to meet Nieminen in Adelaide final

Third seed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland will take on Frenchman Michael Llodra in the final of the Adelaide International after both came through their semi-finals in straight sets on Saturday.......

Nadal beats Nieminen to reach semi-finals

Second seed Rafael Nadal ground down Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals, where he meetsMarcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. The match was held......

Nieminen sets up Nadal meeting in Monte Carlo

Finland's Jarkko Nieminen will have the dubious honour of facing king of clay Rafael Nadal at the Monte Carlo Masters after shrugging off France's Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 in Monday's first......