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Tennis: Valentin Vacherot and Coco Gauff crowned champions in China

# Tennis: World number 204 Valentin Vacherot defeated his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win the Shanghai Masters, his maiden ATP tour-level title. The 26-year-old from Monaco fought back from a set down to win, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and become the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion in history. Meanwhile, two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff beat her American compatriot Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 7-5, to win the Wuhan Open in China. The win marks Gauff’s 11th career WTA singles title and her second this year, following her French Open victory.