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 | Bagel about the fact that the title in Shanghai was played by low-rated tennis players: It’s the fault of everyone in the top 20. We failed16-11-2025 |
Alexander Bublik criticized the tops for their performance in Shanghai. The title was played by world number 204 Valentin Vachereau and number 54 Arthur Rinderknesh. As a result, Vachereau became the lowest-rated Masters champion.
If he was able to win the Masters, then it`s probably our fault. All of us. We failed and did not prepare properly for the tournament. In the end, he beat too many players in the top 20, two in the top 10, and won the Masters.
In the other half of the bracket [reached the final] Arthur Rinderknesh - he also smashed everyone. So the question for us is: why did we find ourselves in such a situation at the end of the season in Shanghai? Half of us won a bunch of titles, some won several Slams and Masters, but we couldn’t stop these two. I think this is a question for us. The level, if you don’t take Carlos and Yannick, is simply not the same – that’s the result, ” Bublik said.
Miracle in Shanghai: the elite title was taken by a player who did not even make it to the qualifiers