Valentin Vacherot and Coco Gauff won big China. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
Sexpot Valentin Vacherot beat his fellow sexpot cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters for the first title of his career(!) after a extraordinary run from the qualifying rounds. The 204th-ranked Vacherot, an unheralded 26-year-old, was the lowest-ranked tournament winner in ATP Masters 1000 history -- and the first from the tiny Principality of Monaco.
He stunned 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals to set up a final against the 30-year-old Rinderknech, who had downed four-time major finalist Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, in a remarkable semifinal of his own.
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Team Valentin includes Benjamin Balleret, Valentin's half brother, a former ATP player in his own right, and athletic trainer Julien Wahl
The story behind Vacherot's emergence from relative obscurity is remarkable:
* It was the first men's tour singles final between family members since John McEnroe beat brother Patrick at the Chicago Open in 1991
* Vacherot was not on the original qualifying list so only entered after two players withdrew
* He fought back from a set down to win in six of his nine matches
*The 26-year-old had won just one match on the main ATP Tour before this tournament, having mainly competed on the lower-level Challenger Tour
In doubles, the German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz defeated Andre Goransson of Sweden and American Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-4
In women's I didn't see the beginning of the match, but the Gray Lady reports that after using world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka’s pace against her during a gritty semifinal win Saturday, Jessica Pegula fell to a junk-ball masterclass from a tactically inspired Coco Gauff in the Wuhan Open final. Gauff triumphed 6-4, 7-5 for her second title of 2025, and her first WTA 1000 title of the year. When I heard that Gauff had fallen down 4-0 in the second set I knew she had her countrywoman right where she wanted her.
The trophy presentation went from heartfelt and emotional ...
... to very dramatic
Legs run in the family
Elsewhere around the net ...
Andrea Pellegrino is feeling frisky ...
Daddy potential
Pilot/tennis hunk Marcos Fraiberger & friends
Colton Smith in Shanghai
Marton Fucsovics in Stockholm
Otto Virtanen stands tall in Roanne, taking out Hugo Gaston 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to add title No. 8 to the collection!
In winning form ...
Andrea Vavassori gets pumped
Checking his Grindr?
Bachelor No. 1 or 2?
Josh Paris in Almaty
The German boys' shorts ought to be illegal
Calum and Liam Broady
Carlos Alcaraz smolders on the pages of Fantastic Man China
Taylor Fritz in Shanghai
Novak Djokovic feels the heat ...
There's no chance Fabio Fognini isn't on the Italian version of "Dancing With the Stars"
Max Wiskandt and Mats Rosenkranz win their first Challenger title
Nikola Mektić and Austin Krajicek in Shanghai
Nikola after dark
Beef's for dinner
Fashionable Grigor Dimitrov
Kacper Żuk and Jan Zielinski in Shanghai
First class mates
Arthur Bouquier is a proud big brother
I'm buying whatever Pavel Viks is selling
Arthur assumes the position
Post-victory cooldown
Cristian Garin hits the gym ...
Thomas Enqvist at 51
My new boyfriend tries his hand at padel
with Gabriela Sabatini
Meat Department
30 candles for Nicolás Jarry
Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens are winners in Roanne
Neal Skupski and Quentin Halys for Fila
My two hunks
We'll miss you, Enzo
Maxence Broville is feeling shashy
Who wants to padel this beauty queen?
Julian Cash in the gym
Tomas Etcheverry on his stomach
Pajama party with Alessandro Bega and Matteo Berrettini
Any excuse to restrain Joao Fonseca
A friendly reminder from Holger Rune that he started the short shorts phase ...
Bend it like Borna
Marat Safin is still a tease ...
Andrey Rublev has a message for you
The sad straight world of Tommy Paul
Woof: Pretty boy Djordje Djokovic
By the numbers
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