World number 204 Valentin Vacherot said he was in shock Sunday after beating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters, becoming the lowest-ranked player to win an ATP 1000 tournament.

The unlikely all-family final between the 54th-ranked Frenchman Rinderknech and Vacherot, from Monaco, was described by the latter's coach and half-brother Benjamin Balleret as a "fairytale".

It was just the third ATP Masters 1000 final in history to feature two unseeded players.

"I don't even understand why I'm sitting here right now," the 26-year-old Vacherot said at the winner's press conference.

"It's crazy. I think I'm going to start realising in the next few days, but right now, I just want to enjoy the moment."

Vacherot landed in Shanghai on a "little bit of a gamble

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