The Frenchman will head into the 2023 season ranked a career-high No. 51.

Moutet is coming off a big win over Borna Coric, and we like his chances of making things competitive against another tough out.

The Buenos Aires native snapped an 11-match losing streak and celebrated by donning the legendary Napoli player’s classic Argentina shirt.

The world No. 65 drew whistles from the crowd when he showed off with a bit of flair, but ultimately rallied to win, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-2, on Wednesday.

While the focus has been on the ATP 250 event’s court surface woes, one player took to Twitter to call out organizers after finding his belongings were removed from the tournament hotel.

After the Bulgarian’s second victory over Moutet in as many weeks, tensions boiled over during the post-match handshake as the pair had to be separated by an umpire.

The two nearly came to blows at net following a tense second-round clash, needing to be separated by the umpire.

By the time his final forehand landed inside the court, the American bent over, offered the audience a semi-muted version of his family’s trademark scissor kick and let out an elongated roar of pure relief.

Each of these twenty-somethings bears resemblance to an accomplished veteran compatriot.

The American says he’s ready to do great things in 2021, and U.S. fans would seem to be ready for that, too.