Nineteen of Daniil Medvedev's twenty-one championships have been earned on hardcourt
A comeback Medvedev claimed his initial championship for 882 days with success over opponent Moutet in the Almaty Open final.
The Russian, a former world number one, has had a challenging year, managing just one match at the major tournaments and suffering a difficult moment at the US Open.
His inconsistency on the tennis tour - and difficulties with his service game in specific - led to him exiting of the top ten and ultimately separating with former mentor his previous coach.
Now training with his coach and Goetzke, the tennis star has consistently advanced in the last few weeks - climaxing in a closely contested three-set victory over Frenchman Moutet.
This marks the player's first championship after the 2023 Rome Masters and initial on a hard surface from March of 2023.
Victory also means the Russian has won twenty-one championships at 21 various events.
"It's the first time I'm at a competition with my two daughters at once, so to get a championship is really nice," commented world number 14 Daniil Medvedev.
"This victory is in honour of my second daughter my daughter, because the initial championship I got when my older daughter Alisa was delivered was for her."
Medvedev, the past champion, had lost his previous six championship matches, comprising in the German tournament in the past months.
His retrieving strategy and regular emotional displays on court had led observers to doubt if his capacity to compete at the top level was finished.
However the athlete has made changes in the last few weeks, making an effort to come to the net and perform positively, supported by an better serving game.
The champion fought back from a disadvantage in the first set against the tricky opponent, winning four of the concluding five exchanges to go ahead.
Both players exchanged service breaks in the second set before the challenger, striving for his initial professional victory, took control to push for a final set.
Moutet saved four early opportunities in a close deciding set before the champion broke to 15 to secure the win.
Appropriately, Medvedev clinched the win with a point at the front of the court, with the Frenchman failing to manage a volley after two hours and 38 minutes.
