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Daniel, who entered the tournament ranked
114th, and Jaziri, ranked 78th, were both competing in their
first ATP final.
Jaziri, who beat world number four Marin Cilic en route to the
final, started strongly and served for the first set with the
score at 5-4 but failed as his 25-year-old opponent stepped up
to level the scores, eventually force a tiebreak and win the
set.
The situation was reversed in the second set as Daniel charged
to a 5-4 lead and failed to capitalize on three match points
before finally converting the fourth.
"Obviously really happy. I think today was a great match, a lot
of long rallies from the beginning until the end," Daniel said
after lifting the trophy.
"Very happy. I'm obviously pretty surprised that I suddenly won
an ATP (title). But I guess things like this happen."
Daniel is expected to reach a career-high ranking of 82 after
his victory.
(Reporting by Aditi Prakash in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha
Sarkar)
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