After beating Novak Djokovic in semis, Valentin Vacherot wins Shanghai Open 2025

Overview

• Valentin Vacherot won the Shanghai Open 2025 by beating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final
• The ATP World No.204 had beaten Novak Djokovic in the semifinal to shock the Tennis world
• Vacherot is likely to gain a huge leap in the rankings after becoming the lowest ranked played to win an ATP Final

Valentin Vacherot scripted history, as he became the lowest ranked player to win an ATP title. The emerging star beat his cousin, Arthur Rinderknech, in the final 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the straight sets to win the Shanghai Open 2025. The ATP World No.204 is likely to gain a huge leap in the rankings, given his terrific performance.

In the semifinal, Vacherot shocked the Tennis world by beating Novak Djokovic. The emerging star was still not able to process everything that happened over the last weekend. Following his win, Vacherot believed there were two winners as his family members won everything. 

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"It's unreal what’s just happened. I'm just so happy with my performance these last two weeks. Two winners today. One family that won. Tried to be the guy on the other side of the net. Tried to put it on the side that it's my cousin, the guy that I've been training (and) growing up with," said Vacherot after beating his cousin in the Shanghai Open 2025.

Valentin Vacherot turns things around in the last two sets to win the Shanghai Open 2025 final

Valentin claimed it wasn't an easy for him and said his cousin did better in the first set. He was happy to have turned things around in the second set, which helped him claim the win. Vacherot sealed the deal by winning the second and third sets 6-3 each.

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"It was really tough. He did a better job than me in the first set with cooperating with the pressure and everything, he played way better than me. Just found a way to turn that around and then make the match a little bit (about) myself at the end," Vacherot added in his statement.