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Tenis » Winston-Salem (M), Hard court, 3rd Round
20.08.2014. 19:10 Finished
Jarkko Nieminen - David Goffin (4:6 6:4 4:6)

Nieminen: The winning series must stop at some point

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Goffin scored his 15th win in a row against the Finn in the final at Tampere, and now has a chance to reach his 25th, against Nieminen again. The Finn is trusting the law of great numbers, and Belgian in his form

Prior to Winston Salem, David Goffin said his series of wins on clay means nothing on concrete. He might have been playing on reverse psychology and taking pressure off himself, or might have been serious, but one gets the impression he'd be winning under water as well.

He went through the qualifications with ease, beating defending title holder Jurgen Malzer in first round, who said afterwards that Goffin was  missing the word defeat in his dictionary. David saved all five break points and never lost his serve, which shows his confidence, and the Austrian stressed that too after the match was over. Confidence is best shown at key moments, and the Belgian won in key moments.

- He's been having a great summer, he won Hamburg and I think he has a good game. It will be a difficult match- said Goffin prior to the second round match against Mayer.

It was anything but difficult for Goffin. Mayer, who has not played since Hamburg or been on concrete with a racquet since Australian Open, never knew what hit him. Goffin never allowed a break point in the entire match, and lost only a single first serve point. The return was the key however. The Argentinian has a great serve and very unpleasant game on offense. Goffin left Mayer at only 50% points on his first serve. He used four of the seven break points he was offered and in a few second under an hour dispatched the 4th seed, winning his 24th consecutive victory!

Today's opponent Nieminen is perhaps most familiar with how unpleasant Goffin is. He played against David in the final at Tampere a month ago, and held his ground in the first set, playing excellent tennis, but could not get ahead. Perhaps the biggest praise to Goffin is the statement the Finnish player gave after that match:

- I played my best tennis this week in the first set, but could not win it.

As for Nieminen, he played his first match at USA concrete since Miami against Becker in the first round. The German had been at four tournaments in the last month, and the match against the Finn was his 13th on that surface. Accustomed to conditions and adjusted to the weather, everything was favoring Becker, and it would be an understatement to say there was some danger in that match for Jarrko.

Nieminen won the match, and their previous matches showed the German suited him. However, the always-analyzing Finn was not fully satisfied with his game, although he won in two sets. He was primarily not satisfied with his serve, which he will need on concrete, much more than on clay he just came from.

- I beat Becker, starting and ending the match well. Midway through the first and at the end of the second set I played a few poor serving games and was lucky to be able to get them back later- said Nieminen and added:

- My serve, the most solid strike lately, did not function, the rest was OK. We both served poorly, which is why there were several breaks during the match, but as I controlled the game from the baseline and returned better, I held on to my serve games better and had more break points than Becker.

The reason for his talk about serving is very clear, as he will really need it to win against Goffin. It will not be possible to dominate Goffin the way he dominated Becker, who focuses too much on the serve and first few exchanges, and is not a player for long rallies. Goffin can keep the ball in play, and the longer the rally lasts, the bigger his advantage is. This is why a good service would help Nieminen a lot, as it could give him an edge in the rally, and he knows it. After all, he saw himself in Tampere how dangerous the Belgian is. That was David's 15th win in a row, now he is at 24.

- It will be difficult to play Goffin in the third round. I'll try to end his winning streak, at 24 won in a row. He is obviously playing well right now, but the streak must end at some point, so it might as well be today. I wouldn't mind- said Jarrko. If not, the Finn will get number 25 next to the 15 he already has.
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Goffin beat Melzer here, a title defender, and Meyer, a new Top 30 player with the best ranking in his career. Both had a reason to believe they'd win, and Goffin beat them without losing his serve. I won't waste time talking about his 24 consecutive wins. Nieminen played his first match on concrete since Miami, and beat Becker for the fifth time in a row, so we can say the German's style suits him. I remember it well when the Finn left Goffin without a single game in Rotterdam last year. Those were the worst moments of his career for the Belgian, and his confidence was never as low as that. He must have remembered that in the final a month ago in Finland. Although the Belgian had momentum, the mental advantage was on Nieminen's side, and he played at home as well. It did not help. Goffin won in two sets with a single break point allowed. The Belgian then won his first ATP title as well, won four matches here, and is mentally even stronger. I believe this will be easier than the match in Finland a month ago, and he covered the handicap back then as well.
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