Radosław Nijaki (born 25 January 1982), also known as Radek Nijaki, is a Polish former professional

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player.

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A native of

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

, Nijaki played

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for Poland and was a two-time national singles champion. Nijaki made his Davis Cup debut in a 2000 tie against Estonia and partnered with

Marcin Matkowski Marcin Matkowski (; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer Jean-Julien Rojer ( "John Julian" , ; born 25 August 1981) is a ...

to win the doubles rubber. In 2002 he featured in the main draw of an

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tournament in Sopot, the Idea Prokom Open, where he had to retire hurt during his first round match against

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2 ...

with an elbow injury. He returned to the Davis Cup team in 2003 for his second and final tie, against Monaco at home in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

. Again partnering Matkowski to a doubles win, he played as well in the reverse singles, beating Guillaume Couillard. Outside of professional tennis he also played at collegiate level in the United States for

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public university, public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship instit ...

. He was initially with Texas Tech in 2002, before leaving to turn professional, but returned in 2005 and in his sophomore season was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. At the

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in İzmir he was a bronze medalist in the doubles event, partnering Filip Urban.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nijaki, Radoslaw 1982 births Living people Polish male tennis players Texas Tech Red Raiders men's tennis players Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Zielona Góra Polish expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century Polish sportsmen

Tennis career

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