Overview

• World No. 204 Vacherot defeated four-time Shanghai champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4, with the Serb receiving treatment for back and hip issues after earlier heat-related illness this week.
• Vacherot won 78% of his first-serve points and hit 23 winners to Djokovic’s nine, saving a break point as he served out the match.
• He becomes the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 finalist since 1990 and the first player from Monaco to reach an ATP Tour final in the Open era.
• Arriving as an alternate, Vacherot qualified for the main draw and notched wins over seeded players Alexander Bublik and Holger Rune on his way to the final.
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to set up the title match, as Djokovic praised Vacherot’s run and declined to discuss his condition.