It had never happened before that a tennis player ranked 204th in the ATP rankings was able to win a Masters 1000. But Valentin Vacherot had a sneak peek when he posted a message on social media before the Shanghai tournament saying: "Try to give it your all because you never know when you'll know." Almost no one paid attention to the message because he was still an unknown tennis player representing the Principality of Monaco and he's already 26 years old. He's not a promising youngster. But two weeks later, Vacherot produced one of the tennis news of the season, a fairy tale, because not only did he win the tournament, but he did so by defeating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 6-3). A double surprise, since Rinderknech was ranked 54th before the Chinese event. No one could have ever imagined this family final. And even less so that Vacherot, the underdog, would win.