ITF Futures Finals

Turner is King at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA ITF Futures
Pune, October 10 : New Zealand Davis Cupper and top seed Daniel KingTurner justified his top billing as he quelled the challenge ofsecond seededseed Alexander Satschko of Germany to lift the men's singles title atthe Bilcare Foundation supported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’sITF Tennis Futuresorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club which concluded at their tenniscourts here today.
The lone in a well contested final lasting 2 hours and 1 minutes ,played on the hard courts the composed Kiwi Daniel King Turner scored6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 win over German Alexander Satschko to win the top prizeof $ 1950 and 25 points . The runnersup Satschko had to be contentwith$1350 and 14 points for his effort .
In the 1st set Satschko broke King in 3rd game but King Turner brokeback in 10th game to level scores and face a tiebreak, but Satschkoplayed solidly to take the tiebreak 7-3 and win the first set , in thesecond set King broke the German in the 5th game and then held on tohis serve to win the second set 6-4 and level scores. In the third serKing broke in 1st and 7th games to win the set rather easily and winthe crown .
"I'm happy to have won my first title in India and will surely backfor many more" said an elated Turner. I've been playing well throughtthe week and have played some good tennis and won against some goodplayers this week" he added .
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Mohan Bhandari ofBilcare Foundation and Mr Ashish Sandu General Secretary of DeccanGymkhana. The tournament director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests ,while organising commitee member Prashant Gosavi proposed the vote of thanks

Following are the resultsS.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-2