[Rambo Apocalypse]

Now seriously, which of the two had a lower probability, Lester City winning the Premier League in 2015/2016 or the Monégasque winning Shanghai masters this year?

Leicester were 5,000/1 at the start of the season, meaning if you put £1 you'd get £5,000 back.

If you put £1 on Vacherot at the start of the qualifiers and bet your winnings on him in the next round every time this is what you'd get

Opponent	Odds against	Odds for
Basvareddy	229​	100​	£3.29​
Draxl	18​	25​	£5.66​
Djere	13​	25​	£8.60​
Bublik	257​	100​	£30.71​
Machac*	213​	100​	£96.11​
Griekspoor	131​	100​	£222.02​
Rune	269​	100​	£819.25​
Djokovic	483​	100​	£4,776.25​
Rinderknech	127​	100​	£10,842.10​

*Machac retired so you might not actually get paid out for this, but it still shows probability

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Pre tournament odds would probably have been a lot higher, because as he progressed thought the tournament the bookmakers' view of his ability would improve.

 

[Amiba the Genius]

I wonder what will happen to him at this time of next year....

 

[Cloren]

Arthur Rinderknetch speech was so beautiful and emotional. I was quite moved. Vacherot speech was a bit too long but you cannot blame him for that, he is living in dreamland and wants to make the most out of this moment.

This might have been the most emotional masters final I’ve watched btw lol. You don’t really see such emotions like this in master level. When Federer/Djokovic/Nadal & now guys like Alcaraz/Sinner when they win masters they treat it like any other day in the office naturally.

This was some fairytale.

 

[zjtennis]

Surely this should be adapted as a movie right...even we had drama in the trophy ceremony with Rinderknech fainting in the back due to cramps -- maybe even edit it so it looked like Vacherot was going towards to check on him, when in reality he just stood there and asked a physio to check on him.

 

[Bublike]

Leicester were 5,000/1 at the start of the season, meaning if you put £1 you'd get £5,000 back.

If you put £1 on Vacherot at the start of the qualifiers and bet your winnings on him in the next round every time this is what you'd get

Opponent	Odds against	Odds for
Basvareddy	229​	100​	£3.29​
Draxl	18​	25​	£5.66​
Djere	13​	25​	£8.60​
Bublik	257​	100​	£30.71​
Machac*	213​	100​	£96.11​
Griekspoor	131​	100​	£222.02​
Rune	269​	100​	£819.25​
Djokovic	483​	100​	£4,776.25​
Rinderknech	127​	100​	£10,842.10​

*Macherot retired so you might not actually get paid out for this, but it still shows probability

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Pre tournament odds would probably have been a lot higher, because as he progressed thought the tournament the bookmakers' view of his ability would improve.

It was actually more insanity than 1:10800, Vacherot's odds keeps declining as bookies found he was in form. If Vacherot meet Djoker in R2, the odds can't just be 5.8, at least 15

 

[Cloren]

 

[FedererBulgaria]

I did cry at this ceremony.

 

[pimpampum]

Letting a player outside Top 200 win a Masters 1000.

This is Djokovic's legacy nowadays tbh, our Serb keeps breaking records

 

[RocketMan70]

Allez Les Cousins !
As one fans sign in the crowd said.
This is the biggest fairytale final in tennis 🎾 history for sure.
Vacherot serving and playing like a tour veteran and his cousin close behind.
The family wins here in Shanghai!

 

[Punky Brewster's Millions]

Maybe he came to Shanghai with nothing to lose.

You could say that about any qualifier who goes on to win the 🏆 but the only thing even remotely comparable to this is Raducanu who had a much easier draw

 

[WhatdidIdo]

A player outside the top 200 just won a masters title...
I though PCB, Norrie or Coric winning one was pretty wild but this puts them all to shame. Congrats V, this is a fairy tale ending.

 

[FloridaHawaiiMan]

Congratulations Valentin! After Alcaraz winning the French Open the way he did, this is hands down the greatest story of 2025. Amazing win, I hope he keeps his progress going.

 

[norwood_10]

If no Sincaraz is going to lead to the flattest landscape known to man, you're going to need to at least create stories in that vacuum, so great for those guys that they did it.

Wonder how Rinderknech feels though, happy for the cousin, or pissed off as he may not get a shot like that for a while and he was much higher ranked. The big 2 may be back in Bercy doing their thing.

 

[norwood_10]

Its not like there werent Random Slam Champs during the big 3 🤣🤣🤣

Think only Cilic would be classed as random somewhat as you wouldn't have put him ahead of Tsonga or Berdych for example.

del Potro would only be seen as random by someone who didn't look into the injuries and health issues, without those he ends up on Wawrinka numbers I think.

 

[Boogalo]

The suspicion should be match-fixing, not doping. (outcome by a "family decision")

If there was a family decision, it would have been Rinderknech to win the title, because he's the older and higher ranked player who deserved it more.

 

[Shadowplay]

Forget about Rune, Tiafoe, Zverev and the rest of the delusional loudmouths. It's Vacherot who's the real deal.

Seriously, congrats to both winner and finalist, but just one tournament without Sinner and Alcaraz and it's such a hot mess that it makes the WTA look like the Golden Age of tennis by comparison.

 

[M. Mecir]

BIG Congratulations to the MTF tennis experts who put their mortgage on a Vacherot win before the tournament. You are now multimillionaires 🍾 🏆 💰💰💰

 

[TooMuchRaquet]

Goran Vacherot does it. So many pretenders left in his wake. Hats off.

 

[Ace2ndServe]

It sounds crazy to say but its not out of the possibility Vacherot win a slam in 2026.

 

[Litotes]

First masters title for Monaco. 2nd new Masters winning nation this year