19 of Daniil Medvedev's 21 championships have been achieved on hard surfaces
A revitalized Medvedev won his initial championship for over two years with success over Frenchman Moutet in the tournament final.
Medvedev, a ex- number one, has had a difficult season, winning just one win at the Grand Slams and experiencing a setback at the New York tournament.
His unpredictability on the ATP Tour - and issues with his service game in specific - led to him dropping out of the elite rankings and eventually separating with former trainer Gilles Cervara.
Now working with his coach and his other coach, Medvedev has gradually improved in the last few weeks - culminating in a closely contested 7-5 4-6 6-3 win over opponent Moutet.
This represents his initial championship after the Italian tournament and maiden on a hard surface from spring of that year.
Success also indicates he has won twenty-one titles at twenty-one different tournaments.
"For the first time I'm at a tournament with my both daughters together, so to secure a title is especially meaningful," commented tennis professional Medvedev.
"This title is in tribute of my younger daughter Victoria, because the initial championship I won when my child my daughter was born was for her."
Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, had been defeated in his last six finals, including in Halle in the past months.
His defensive play style and regular outbursts on the playing surface had prompted observers to doubt if his skill to play at the highest level was concluded.
Yet the athlete has made changes in recent weeks, striving to come to the net and compete assertively, supported by an better serving game.
The champion came back from a break down in the opening set against the tricky Moutet, taking four of the last five exchanges to go ahead.
Both players traded service breaks in the second set before the challenger, striving for his maiden ATP Tour title, seized the initiative to force a third set.
He saved four early-game opportunities in a competitive deciding set before the Russian secured a break to 15 to serve for the match.
Appropriately, the winner clinched the win with a rally at the net area, with the Frenchman incapable to manage a volley after over two and a half hours.
