Germany’s Alexander Satschko after winning the ITF Men’s Futures title on Saturday. A Telegraph picture

Calcutta: Germany’s Alexander Satschko cantered to the Coal India ITF Men’s Futures title, blanking out Korean challenger Nam Hyun-woo 6-0, 6-0 at the Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy on Saturday.

So clinical was the German’s performance that the bearded winner barely broke a sweat before decimating his challenger in 50 minutes.

Former chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray gave away the prizes with football great P.K. Banerjee gracing the occasion as a guest. Satschko was richer by $1950 and Nam got $1350.

Playing a flawless tennis — characterised by powerful serves, returns and intelligent drop shots — Satschko raced to 4-0 in the first set in no time. Add to this the German’s unusual way of mediation during breaks — reading a piece of paper, containing motivational mantras, while sitting on the chair — and he immediately looked a perfect contrast to the nervous Korean.

The Korean, so mesmerised by the top seed’s complete game, simply couldn’t recover from that early onslaught. It was reflected in Nam’s game in that the Korean failed to hold on to his serves on a few occasion at 40-30 or 40-15.

“I want to break into the top 200 this year. Today’s win is just the right step towards my goal,” Satschko, who will play in the Delhi leg of the ITF Men’s Futures, said after the match.

Stressing that the weather had helped his game, he added: “I was confident throughout this tournament. The final was no exception.”

Explaining his strategy in the final, he continued: “I wanted to put pressure on him (Nam) right from the beginning… Happy that everything clicked for me today.”