Follow us on Google Discover Valentin Vacherot’s stock continues to rise after he beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech once again, this time in the Paris Masters.
Vacherot won the Shanghai Masters, beating his cousin in the final earlier this month to win a Masters 1000 event despite coming through qualifying.
Vacherot was hailed by Rinderknech in Shanghai and he did have to do this one the hard way, with the Monegasque losing the first set to the Frenchman.
Vacherot bounced back to win the second one 6-3 and then played brilliantly in the deciding set to set up a third-round match against the conqueror of Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie.
Photo by Shi Tang/Getty ImagesValentin Vacherot and Arthur Rinderknech make history at the Paris Masters
Before their match, Vacherot shared how he thinks he’s different to Rinderknech, and right now it does appear as though he’s got his cousin’s number a little bit.
The pair did make history, however, in this match by playing each other so early after only recently competing against each other in the final of a Masters 1000 event.
It merely serves to highlight just how remarkable it is what these two are achieving right now, and it will be really exciting to see what they can achieve next year.
Vacherot gets golden opportunity in Paris
Nothing against Norrie, but Vacherot will now probably go into his next match with the Great Britain player as the heavy favourite, given his recent success.
As a result, he now has a golden opportunity to progress into another quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 event and then he might start to dream of going all the way once again.
Vacherot is clearly coping with the recent success and now this match between him and Norrie looks like being an eagerly anticipated affair.
Vacherot on a remarkable winning streak
Vacherot’s coach didn’t want him to play Shanghai earlier this month, now he must be glad that he did.
After winning over his cousin once again, Vacherot is now on a nine-game winning streak at the ATP Masters 1000 events – and that’s not including qualifying.
TournamentRoundOpponentParis MastersR2Arthur RinderknechR1Jiri LecheckaShanghaiFArthur RinderknechSFNovak DjokovicQFHolger RuneR4Tallon GriekspoorR3Tomas MachacR2Alexander BublikR1Laslo DjereValentin Vacherot’s nine-match ATP Masters 1000 winning streak
Vacherot feels very much like a force to be reckoned with at the moment and the beauty of tennis is that he’s now risen up the rankings and will likely improve further after this tournament.
At 26-years-old, Vacherot has plenty of time on his side and it will be fascinating to see how he gets on next year when some of the better players are a little bit more rested than they were at Shanghai and here in Paris.