PARIS (AP) — Valentin Vacherot set up another match against his cousin by beating 14th-seeded Jiri Lehecka 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday.

The 40th-ranked Vacherot will face Arthur Rinderknech in the second round on Wednesday — a little more than two weeks after beating him in the Shanghai Masters final. Vacherot made an against-the-odds run from qualifying in China to win his first career tournament and soar up the rankings.

Preparations will be a little different this time.

“We’ll stay in our own bubbles. We’re cousins, yes, but we’re not on the same team so we’re not going to have dinner together tonight,” said Vacherot, who is from Monaco.

“In Shanghai we had breakfast together, we warmed up together, because we were far from everyone and everywhere

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