{"id":51813,"date":"2025-10-15T05:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/vacherot-shocks-djokovic-in-shanghai-dream-final-with-his-cousin-5\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T05:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:11:36","slug":"vacherot-shocks-djokovic-in-shanghai-dream-final-with-his-cousin-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/vacherot-shocks-djokovic-in-shanghai-dream-final-with-his-cousin-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacherot Shocks Djokovic in Shanghai: Dream Final with His Cousin!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Valentin Vacherot surprises and defeats Novak Djokovic in Shanghai<\/h2>\n\n\nIn a historic day for tennis, Valentin Vacherot achieved the most important victory of his career by defeating Novak Djokovic at the Shanghai Masters. The final score was 6-3, 6-4, securing his place in the tournament final.\n\nVacherot, currently ranked 204th in the world, accessed the main draw as an alternate in the qualifying phase and is having an unforgettable week.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Is this real? I don&#8217;t know. Having Novak on the other side of the court was, above all, an incredible experience for me.<\/p><cite>Valentin Vacherot<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn the final, Vacherot will face his cousin, Arthur Rinderknech, who defeated the 16th seed, Daniil Medvedev, with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the other semifinal.\n\nDjokovic, visibly affected by a hip injury, requested medical time after being down 4-3 in the first set. His mobility was reduced, and he could only win one point in the following two games.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s all about him. I wish him the best in the final, and the best player won today.<\/p><cite>Novak Djokovic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nDjokovic acknowledged Vacherot&#8217;s great tournament, highlighting his attitude and game.\n\nVacherot, with a past in university tennis at Texas A&amp;M, will seek to crown his outstanding performance in Shanghai.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentin Vacherot surprises and defeats Novak Djokovic in Shanghai In a historic day for tennis, Valentin Vacherot achieved the most important victory of his career by defeating Novak Djokovic at the Shanghai Masters. The final score was 6-3, 6-4, securing his place in the tournament final. Vacherot, currently ranked 204th in the world, accessed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[2734,9346,167,9664],"class_list":{"0":"post-51813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tennis","7":"tag-djokovic","8":"tag-shanghai-masters","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-vacherot"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}