In a performance that will be etched in the memory of tennis fans, Valentin Vacherot won the Shanghai Masters title, after defeating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. This triumph marks the first championship in the tennis player’s career, who starred in an outstanding performance from the qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n
Vacherot, ranked 204th in the world and 26 years old, made history by becoming the winner of a Masters 1000 tournament with the lowest ranking in ATP history. Furthermore, he is the first tennis player to achieve this feat representing the small principality of Monaco.<\/p>\n
The tournament’s semi-final was a high point for Vacherot, where he managed to defeat Novak Djokovic, champion of 24 Grand Slam tournaments, which allowed him to advance to the final against Rinderknech.<\/p>\n
In the decisive set, Vacherot demonstrated his dominance with the serve, achieving three consecutive blank games and accumulating 15 points in a row. Although he lost a point in the eighth game due to an unforced error, he maintained the pressure on his rival.<\/p>\n
Rinderknech, trying to stay in the match, saved a match point, but Vacherot secured the victory with a powerful forehand. Emotion took over Vacherot, who reacted with disbelief before celebrating with his cousin and his team.<\/p>\n
Vacherot’s coach, Benjamin Balleret, also celebrated the triumph. Balleret, who is Vacherot’s half-brother and a former tennis player, has as the highlight of his career a defeat against Roger Federer at the Monte Carlo Masters in 2006.<\/p>\n
In the Shanghai audience was Roger Federer, who witnessed Rinderknech taking the first set.<\/p>\n
Vacherot got an early break in the final set, but wasted four break opportunities in the fifth game. Rinderknech requested a medical timeout to receive treatment on his back and shoulder, but this did not stop his cousin’s momentum.<\/p>\n
Before this match, both players had only faced each other once on the professional circuit, with Rinderknech winning in a futures tournament in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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