Overview
- Vacherot defeated Rinderknech 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 54 minutes to advance to the third round at the Paris Masters.
- He saved 11 of 13 break points and converted five of 11 chances, edging their baseline and extended-rally exchanges.
- The rematch followed first-round wins, with Vacherot routing No. 14 seed Jiri Lehecka 6-1, 6-3 in 54 minutes and Rinderknech beating Fabian Marozsan in two tiebreaks.
- Vacherot’s surge continues less than a month after he rose from No. 204 to inside the top 40 by winning Shanghai as the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 champion and Monaco’s first ATP singles titleholder.
- The result puts Vacherot into the last 16 in Paris, with the next opponent to be confirmed after pre-tournament talk of a possible Carlos Alcaraz matchup in this round.