Stephane Huet shocked the world six years ago when he dumped the legendary Ivan Lendl out of the French Open in the first round. The Frenchman rated that stunning win as the 'best moment in my career'. Since then, he has been searching for a similar occasion. Yesterday at Victoria Park, Huet took a step forward in his hunt when he won the CMG Open title, defeating Japan's Goichi Motomura 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the final. 'Nothing has matched my win over Lendl,' said Huet. 'I was ranked 290 at the time. But winning here is nice. It takes me one step closer to my goal of entering the top 100 in the world.' For 12 years, Huet has been seeking to break into the world's top 100. It has proved a Herculean task, although his win over Motomura has now pushed him to his highest career ranking on the ATP Tour - 128. The 28-year-old has recently hit a purple patch. The Hong Kong tournament is his second Challenger title in as many months. 'I won in Budapest last month. Now here. Two wins in two months . . . I must be doing something right now,' laughed Huet. The left-handed baseliner puts down his recent upswing in fortune to two reasons - one being the help he is receiving from a sports psychologist to strengthen the mental aspect of his game. 'That has always been a problem with me,' he said. 'I have to play mind games with my head. But for the past two years I have been getting help from a sports psychologist and it seems to be working.' And the second reason? Huet smiles but refuses to elaborate. 'That's personal.' That up close and personal combination proved too much for Motomura to handle. Japan's number one player once again had to settle for the role of bridesmaid. 'This is the fourth final I have entered this year and I have lost all of them. I need to get much stronger physically and try harder if I'm to win a title,' Motomura said. The match began with Huet rushing to a 5-1 lead before Motomura started to put up a semblance of a fight. He broke Huet in the eighth game to make the score 5-3, but the Frenchman managed to hang on to his next service game to take the first set 6-4. Those demons of the mind seemed to take hold of Huet in the second set as he looked as if he was battling himself rather than his opponent across the net. Unforced errors started to creep into his game and although he broke Motomura twice, he lost his own service game on three occasions to gift the Japanese the second set. 'But I knew I would not be able to finish him off,' said Motomura. Huet finished the way he began - with a flourish. 'I'm enjoying my tennis now,' he said. And who knows, he might then savour a sweet moment which will put that Lendl memory to rest. Nothing has matched beating Lendl . . . but winning here is nice