🔗 Share this article Resurgent Daniil Medvedev Claims First Trophy in Nearly 30 Months Nineteen of Medvedev's 21 championships have been won on hard courts A comeback the Russian player won his first title for 882 days with success over Corentin Moutet in the tournament title decider. The athlete, a former top-ranked player, has experienced a challenging season, managing just a single victory at the Grand Slams and experiencing a difficult moment at the US Open. His unpredictability on the professional circuit - and issues with his serving in specific - caused him falling of the world's top 10 and ultimately splitting with long-term coach Gilles Cervara. Currently working with his coach and his other coach, Medvedev has gradually advanced in the last few weeks - climaxing in a closely contested competitive win over Frenchman Moutet. It is his initial championship since the Rome competition and maiden on a hard court since that period of 2023. Victory also indicates the Russian has secured twenty-one victories at twenty-one various competitions. "For the first time I am participating in a event with my children at once, so to secure a championship is particularly special," commented world number 14 Medvedev. "This title is in honour of my younger daughter my daughter, because the initial championship I won when my first daughter Alisa was born was for her." The athlete, the past champion, had been defeated in his previous six title deciders, including in Halle in the past months. The player's defensive approach and recurring emotional displays on the tennis court had caused some to doubt if his capacity to perform at the highest level was concluded. But the athlete has altered his approach in the past month, making an effort to come to the net and perform positively, supported by an better serving game. Medvedev recovered from a deficit in the opening set against the tricky Moutet, winning four of the last five points to go ahead. Both players traded break points in the second set before the Frenchman, striving for his initial professional title, took control to create a third set. The opponent rescued 4 early-game break points in a close deciding set before the Russian won the break to that score to close out the victory. Fittingly, he clinched victory with a point at the net area, with Moutet incapable to control a return after two hours and 38 minutes.