PARIS (Reuters) -Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot served up another helping of family drama at the Paris Masters on Wednesday, beating his French cousin Arthur Rinderknech 6-7(9) 6-3 6-4 to advance to the last-16 in their second Masters showdown this month.

The victory came less than three weeks after Vacherot’s fairy-tale run in Shanghai, where he became the lowest-ranked player at 204 to triumph at an ATP Masters 1000 event, catapulting him to 40th in the world rankings.

Their latest family reunion at the Paris La Defense Arena lasted nearly three hours, with Vacherot conceding the familial tension got to him early on.

“During the first set, I felt more tension than yesterday (in a straight sets victory over Jiri Lehecka). Was it because it’s Arthur in front of me? Maybe,” Vacherot told rep

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