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Family Affair: Rinderknech and Vacherot Rise up Rankings After Shanghai Feats
Valentin Vacherot, ranked 204th, won $1 million and became the first Monaco player to claim an ATP Masters 1000 title after entering due to last-minute withdrawals.
- On Sunday in Shanghai, Valentin Vacherot, world number 204, beat cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win the Shanghai Masters and became the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion since 1990.
- As a qualifier ranked outside the top 200 due to last-minute withdrawals, Vacherot advanced by dismissing Alexander Bublik, Tomas Machac, Tallon Griekspoor and Novak Djokovic en route to the semis.
- After dropping the first set, Vacherot rallied to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 while Arthur Rinderknech required a medical timeout for a back problem.
- The win earned Valentin Vacherot $1,124,380 , will lift him into the top 40 on Monday, and the report stated tax could reach 45%.
- Coaches and observers called the all-family final a fairytale, and Sunday's final was the first men's tour singles title match between family members since the McEnroe brothers met in 1991.
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The Spaniard, who took a week off, took advantage of the early elimination of Sinner in Shanghai.The Monegasque, meanwhile, climbed 164 steps thanks to his conquest.Fran Cerúndolo remains the best of the new legion.
He won the Shanghai Masters 1000 tennis player number 204 in the world, earning more in two weeks than in the rest of his career
Slovenia does not have a player in the top 100 of the WTA world tennis rankings, but in the men's category there are three Slovenians in the top 1,000.
Ranked 204th in the world before Shanghai's Masters 1000 a few days ago, Monegasque Valentin Vacherot surprised everyone by winning his first title on the world circuit. In one tournament, he just won three times more than he had earned at the beginning of his career.
204th world player when he won Shanghai's Masters 1000 on Sunday, the Monegasque scored twice as many wins in one day as those seen in five years on the circuit.
Family affair: Rinderknech and Vacherot rise up rankings after Shanghai feats
French tennis player Arthur Rinderknech rose from 54 to a career-high 28 in the ATP world rankings published on Monday following his defeat to his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the final of the Shanghai Masters.
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