{"id":205060,"date":"2025-10-11T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/205060\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:51:09","slug":"shanghai-masters-2025-vacherot-eliminates-djokovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/205060\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Masters 2025: Vacherot eliminates Djokovic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rolex Shanghai Masters \u2022Semi-final \u2022
\n Completed\n <\/p>\n


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The dream continues for Valentin Vacherot<\/a>. This Saturday in Shanghai, the world No. 204 qualified for the first Masters 1000 final of his career by defeating Novak Djokovic<\/a> in straight sets (6-3, 6-4)<\/a> at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

It was the first time he had ever beaten a Top 10 player on the ATP Tour. Since the creation of the Masters 1000 format in 1990, Valentin Vacherot (No. 204) is now the lowest-ranked player ever to reach a Masters 1000 final!<\/p>\n

Riding a wave of confidence since the start of the tournament\u2014which he entered through the qualifying rounds\u2014the Monegasque showed no signs of intimidation against Novak Djokovic. The match was evenly balanced until 4-3 in the first set, when the Serbian called for the physio. Suffering from pain in his left glute area, he took a medical timeout for treatment.<\/p>\n

Less effective in his movement and grimacing after rallies, Djokovic quickly lost his serve and the set, before sitting down with his head lowered. The hardest part then began for Valentin Vacherot, who had to resist the temptation of thinking the match was already within his grasp against an injured opponent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t believe it, I can\u2019t find the words to describe this victory.<\/p>\n

But the Monegasque held firm, despite missing break opportunities in the opening game of the second set. Thanks to medication and the physio\u2019s treatment, Djokovic began to play better, but Vacherot managed to make the difference at the crucial moments, breaking at 4-4 and serving for the match.<\/p>\n


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The world No. 204 had to save a break point with a beautiful forehand volley before sealing victory on his second match point. He thus becomes the first Monegasque player in history to reach an ATP Tour final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe it, I can\u2019t find the words to describe this victory. It was an incredible experience to face him, and there\u2019s so much to learn from this match. I\u2019ll enjoy this win tonight, and tomorrow I\u2019ll focus on the final,\u201d said the winner after the match.<\/p>\n

Vacherot, ranked No 204, will face the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 16 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech next.<\/p>\n

In the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament, the Mon\u00e9gasque won against Dane Holger Rune, the No 10 seed (2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4), Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 27 seed (4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4), Czech Tomas Machac, the No 20 seed (6-0, 3-1 ret.), Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 14 seed (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Serb Laslo Djere (6-3, 6-4).<\/p>\n

Djokovic, ranked No 5, defeated Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-3, 7-5), Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-3, 5-7, 6-2), German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann (4-6, 7-5, 6-3) and Croat Marin Cilic (7-6 (2), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n

Shanghai Masters 1000, other semi-final result (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.538):<\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Rinderknech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rolex Shanghai Masters \u2022Semi-final \u2022 Completed See draw The dream continues for Valentin Vacherot. This Saturday in Shanghai,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-205060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}