Nineteen of Daniil Medvedev's twenty-one championships have been achieved on hard courts
A revitalized Daniil Medvedev secured his first trophy for 882 days with a win over opponent Moutet in the tournament final.
Medvedev, a former top-ranked player, has endured a challenging year, achieving just one win at the major tournaments and undergoing a setback at the New York tournament.
The player's unpredictability on the ATP Tour - and issues with his service game in specific - caused him dropping out of the top ten and finally separating with long-time coach his previous coach.
Now training with Thomas Johansson and Goetzke, he has steadily improved in the past month - culminating in a hard-fought three-set victory over challenger Moutet.
This represents his first championship following the 2023 Rome Masters and first on a hard court since March of the previous year.
Victory also indicates he has secured twenty-one titles at 21 distinct competitions.
"For the first time I'm at a competition with my both daughters at once, so to secure a title is really nice," commented ranked player Daniil Medvedev.
"This championship is in dedication of my younger daughter her name, because the initial championship I won when my child Alisa was delivered was for her."
The tennis star, the past champion, had failed in his past six championship matches, featuring in Halle in the past months.
The player's defensive play style and recurring outbursts on the tennis court had led observers to doubt if his capacity to play at the elite level was finished.
But the player has altered his approach in the last few weeks, making an effort to come to the net and perform positively, reinforced by an better serving game.
The champion fought back from a break down in the first set against the challenging opponent, securing 4 of the concluding five exchanges to go ahead.
The competitors swapped break points in the following set before the challenger, attempting for his maiden professional title, took control to create a decider.
Moutet saved four early-game break points in a competitive third set before the Russian broke to 15 to serve for the match.
Fittingly, Medvedev earned victory with a rally at the net, with his opponent unable to manage a return after over two and a half hours.
