"Cousins Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Rinderknech will meet in a dream final of the Shanghai Masters after pulling off stunning semifinal upsets of former champions Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev. World number 204 Vacherot became the lowest ranked player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final after he defeated a struggling Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday. Hours later, Rinderknech knocked out former US Open champion Medvedev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to complete an extraordinary family double."
"Djokovic broke Vacherot in the first game of the match, but the 26-year-old immediately broke back and had built a 4-3 lead when the Serbian took his first medical timeout. Vacherot won the next two games with ease to secure the first set and put Djokovic through a 12-minute battle for the first game of the second set, which the 38-year-old managed to win after saving two break points."
Valentin Vacherot, ranked 204th and a qualifier, defeated Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to become the lowest-ranked player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final. Vacherot disrupted Djokovic with drop shots and punishing rallies, breaking back after an early break while Djokovic took medical timeouts and struggled to turn. Arthur Rinderknech bounced back to beat Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, producing a rare family double as the cousins set up the final. Vacherot became the first player from Monaco to reach an ATP Tour final in the open era and is set to enter the top 50.
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