At 26, the world No.4 won the second title of the season, after Los Cabos (Mexico) in August, and the fifteenth of his career.
With this title and his excellent dispositions on hard surface, on which he won 14 tournaments, the ex-world No.1 advances as one of the favorites of the Masters 1000 of Paris-Bercy which begins Monday.
Last year, Novak Djokovic deprived him of the Parisian crown in the final.
An important meeting which precedes the Turin Masters (November 13 to 20), bringing together the eight best players of the season, which Medvedev has already won in 2020. Thanks to his Austrian career, he has also ensured his place for the fourth time at the + masters tournament +.
Became a father last week, Medvedev (26) has had a disappointing sporting season, despite a promising final at the Australian Open in January but two disappointing eliminations in the round of 16 at Roland-Garros in the spring and the US Open last summer.
In Vienna, the former world No.1 was reassured after a convincing week marked by successes against the Italian Jannik Sinner (12th in the world) in the quarter-finals and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the half, only dropping a set in the tournament.
On Sunday, Medvedev gradually took over Shapovalov after a first set largely dominated by the Canadian, author of 19 winning strokes.
More consistent during the exchanges, the winner of the US Open in 2021 seized the serve of +Shapo+ twice in the second set, before achieving a final high level round, with only four unforced errors and six points lost after his service.
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