Is Valentin Vacherot The Best UNDERDOG STORY Tennis Has Ever Seen? | ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 Recap

A qualifier rocks Shanghai for the most heartwarming story in the history of tennis! Top seeds falling everywhere, cousins battling for the title, our biggest winners, overreactions and picks. Watch now! SUBSCRIBE for the best tennis stories every week: https://www.youtube.com/@tshtennis?sub_confirmation=1 🎥 Inside the Episode

• Shanghai shockwave: Valentin Vacherot goes from alternate-in-qualies to center stage
• Arthur Rinderknech on a heater & has a life-changing week.
• Cool Dude Moments: Djokovic, Vacherot, Rinderknech and unexpected reactions from some coaches.
• Buying or Selling: Jannik Sinner cramping, Medvedev’s resurgence, Zverev’s self-critique, is Djokovic quietly peaking?
• Biggest Winners of the Week:
• Match of the Tournament?
• Overreaction or Not? Vacherot = century’s biggest underdog story? Medvedev to Turin? Tien top-20 soon? Vacherot top-15 next year? Tien-Medvedev the best rivalry after Sinner–Alcaraz?
• WTA Spotlight: Coco Gauff crowned in Wuhan and doing something nobody has ever done?
• Receipts: Where Ismaeel, Haroon, Yousef were right & wrong.
• Who Ya Gots: Brussels, Almaty, Stockholm, and the Six Kings Slam.

💬 Debate time: Who had the better run—Valentin Vacherot or Arthur Rinderknech? And is Vacherot’s Shanghai run the greatest tennis underdog story you’ve seen? #ShanghaiMasters #ValentinVacherot #ArthurRinderknech #Djokovic #Rune #Medvedev #Sinner #LearnerTien #ZizouBergs #CocoGauff #WuhanOpen #ATPMasters1000 #WTATour #TennisPodcast #TennisHighlights #Rankings #NextGen #RoadToTurin #FrenchTennis Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3ZIET9j Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qEC0ZeVH014svbE7VFAJB Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weregoingfivepod/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@were.going.five Follow on Twitter: https://x.com/weregoingfive Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568066890100 Check out more from TSH Tennis here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tsh.tennis/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tsh.tennis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesportshub.tennis Twitter: https://x.com/TSH_Tennis #weregoingfive #tshtennis

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Valentin Vacherot Winning the Shanghai Masters!

42:57 Cool Dude Moment of the Week

51:41 Buying or Selling?

59:58 Biggest Winners in Shanghai

1:05:54 Which was your match of the tournament in Shanghai?

1:11:09 Overreaction or Not?

1:23:20 Coco Gauff Wins in Wuhan!

1:26:41 Where we were right & wrong

1:28:03 Who Ya Got in Brussels?

1:29:51 Who Ya Got in Almaty?

1:30:52 Who Ya Got in Stokholm?

1:32:34 Who Wins the Six Kings Slam?

1:34:23 Check out our interviews with Kristof Vliegen & Mikael Tillstrom