Overview

• Valentin Vacherot defeated Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to reach his first ATP final at the Shanghai Masters.
• The title match will be a family affair as Vacherot faces his cousin Arthur Rinderknech on Sunday in Shanghai.
• Arthur Rinderknech advanced by upsetting Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
• Vacherot is the lowest-ranked player ever to make a Masters 1000 final, surpassing Andrei Pavel’s No. 191 benchmark from Paris 2003.
• He is the first player from Monaco to defeat a top-10 opponent and to reach an ATP Tour final, with a projected rise toward the top 60 in the rankings.