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Since his victory in the Italian capital in 2023, the former World No. 1 Medvedev had lost finals at the US Open, Beijing, Vienna, Australian Open, Indian Wells and Halle. However, he ensured there would be no more final heartbreak in Almaty and is now just the second active male player to win 19 hard-court titles, joining Novak Djokovic (71).

"I want to thank my family, my beautiful wife, my two daughters. It is the first time I have been at a tournament with my two daughters and wife together, so to get a title is really nice," Medvedev said during the trophy ceremony. "I honour this title to my second daughter Victoria, because the first title I got when my first daughter Alisa was born was for her, so this one is for Victoria."

In an entertaining final at the ATP 250 event, Medvedev coped with Moutet’s wizardry and moved forward effectively to back up his flat groundstrokes and close out points. With his hard-fought, two-hour, 29-minute 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory, Medvedev captured his 21st tour-level crown. All of Medvedev’s titles have come at different events.

"It is great. I was not super happy with how I played in some moments of the match, but to win feels amazing. In the most important points I played good," Medvedev said. "The last game was incredible and I am happy to win the title. It continues my funny story of 21 titles in 21 different cities."

Medvedev also boosted his faint ATP Finals hopes by winning in Almaty. The former year-end champion is up three spots to 12th in the ATP Live Race To Turin, trailing eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti by 875 points. The Italian is in the final qualification spot.

Medvedev’s title run in Almaty is his latest success under new coaches Thomas Johansson and Rohan Goetzke, having reached semi-finals in Beijing and Shanghai. The 29 year-old started working with both after the US Open, and he holds a 12-3 record since New York.

Moutet was competing in his third tour-level final and was trying to become the ninth first-time winner in 2025. The Frenchman, who did not drop a set en route to the final, is up five spots to No. 36 in the ATP Live Rankings and is set to rise to a career-high on Tuesday.

Moutet defeated Medvedev in the pair's most recent meeting in Washington and caused the 29 year-old problems with his deft hands. He hit nine winners and committed just two unforced errors in the second set to level the match but faded in intensity and was unable to match the second seed in the closing stages of the decider.

Medvedev hit with depth and aggression in the third set to pin Moutet deep, preventing the Frenchman from controlling proceedings with the drop shot. Medvedev now leads Moutet 2-1.