Sydney 2009 Final - David Nalbandian vs Jarkko Nieminen (Tie-break)

The epic second set tie-break between Nalbandian and Nieminen in the Sydney final. Great drama.

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[Rumblingbelly]

thanks for uploading this

[aggbala]

tiebreak+hawkeye=drama

[Visuder]

yep, you're right. But it's weird that he's usually stronger in Bo5 (best of 5, for example in Wimbledon) than Bo3, so it requires a lot of mental strength as well as physical strength to compete in situation where you have already played 4 sets. So I don't really know what's the problem. But whatever is the case, he won Sydney's ATP so maybe it's new beginning for him. We shall see =)

[htm2x]

Nieminen's record in finals: 1-10. And the win was not from this one as you sure know. It's funny how sometimes Jarkko plays top-10 tennis for several games in a match and sometimes he plays like an amateur. He has the tools to be a top-20 player but I'm afraid his mental side is not that strong.

[BrotherTree1]

Good to see veterans of the game slugging it out in such a match. A great effort from the Shark nonetheless.

[mikatagahara1212]

Verdasco

[Feuerbach92]

Nieminen is the best finnish tennis player ever. In my opinion next to Rafael Nadal and Jürgen Melzer he is the best left handed player on ATP Tour.

I hope he will have a good season if he is in shape he is able to beat every other player because of his great serve and powerful ground strokes. Best wsihes to Jarkko from Germany

[dassmanen44]

sweden has one on top 10 and couple top 300

[WideoWatcher19]

Actually, Nieminen is the only pro player in Finland. We have many promising amateurs as well, but at the moment Nieminen is the only pro player.

[dassmanen44]

how many good player does finlad has besides neminen

[WideoWatcher19]

One of the epicest tie-breaks in the tennis history! very exiting, and go jarkko Nieminen, the no. 1 tennis player in Finland! (i`m from finland as well :D)

[sellisti]

What is the song beginning at the end of the video, does anybody know?