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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · Mar 9

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 4h

Marta Kostyuk stuns for Vogue Ukraine.

💙💛

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 9h

Prize money of the Six Kings Slam exhibition vs. Grand Slams

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 11h

Aryna Sabalenka, Anna Kalinskaya, and Andre Agassi at an exhibition in Hong Kong.

Stars. ⭐️

The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 12h

Jannik Sinner was asked which actor would play him in a movie

"Which Hollywood actor would play you in a movie if there's a movie about you?"

Jannik: "Let's go with Will Smith. Why not?" 😭😭😭

(via Six Kings Slam & Turki Alalshikh on Twitter)

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 12h

Elena Rybakina visited the ancient village of Zoumatang ahead of the Ningbo Open.

🇨🇳🩷🐠

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 1d

Ekaterina Alexandrova is a top 10 player for the first time in her career.

She’s always had the power to court & out-hit anyone, but was lacking the patience & consistency.

This season, she’s been stringing it all together and is playing the most complete tennis of her life.

Well done, Drova. 🤍

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 1d

Nicholas Hoult on Blondecaraz:

“He’s bleached his hair? Copycat! I didn’t see. He just won the US Open. He shaved it and then bleached it? I didn’t realize he was such a fan of mine."

😭😭😭

Source:

gq.com/story/nicholas…

The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Coco Gauff has won her first 9 hard court finals.

She is the first woman to achieve this in the Open Era.

She is also the first woman to win 9 consecutive hard court finals since Serena Williams in 2015.

Unreal stuff.

🇺🇸❤️

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Gauff d. Pegula 6-4 7-5

Down 3-5 in the 2nd set.

Coco lifts the Wuhan title for the first time, her 3rd WTA 1000 title.

✅11th career title
✅Won 9 of last 10 matches
✅32nd top 10 win

Finding a new gear at the end of the year.

Coco's been making a habit out of it..

🇺🇲

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

I’m crying, they’re crying, everyone’s crying.

🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Arthur Rinderknech started cramping during the trophy ceremony after his loss to his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the Shanghai final.

Valentin: “Can we get some help please?” 😭😭😭

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Arthur Rinderknech said some beautiful words after his loss to his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the Shanghai final:

"Thank you to my wife, she's amazing. Thank you to your parents [Vacherot's], thanks to my parents.. because we're here because of them. Thank you to all my family." 🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Arthur Rinderknech speaking through tears to his cousin Valentin Vacherot during his finalist speech in Shanghai.

“Two cousins are stronger than one.”

What a beautiful moment. 🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Valentin Vacherot’s total prize money for his career before Shanghai:

$594,077.

His prize money for winning Shanghai:

$1,124,380.

He basically doubled it in the span of 2 weeks.

Life-changing. 🥹

The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Valentin Vacherot signs the camera after beating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the Shanghai final:

“Grandpa and Grandma would be proud.”

🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Rinderknech sitting on the bench together after the Shanghai final.

Just two cousins living their dream. 🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Valentin Vacherot after beating his cousin in Shanghai to become lowest ranked Masters 1000 Champion in history

“It’s really tough that there has to be one loser today. I think there’s just two winners today. One family that won. For the sport of tennis, the story is just unreal.”🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

The moment Valentin Vacherot became the 1st man from Monaco to win a Masters singles title

From alternate to qualifier to beating Bublik, Rune, & Djokovic… to hugging his own cousin at the very end

One of the best sports stories you’ll ever hear

🇲🇨🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 2d

Vacherot d. Rinderknech 4-6 6-3 6-3 in Shanghai

World #204 Valentin is a Masters 1000 champion

He came here as an alternate hoping to get into qualifying.

He leaves as the lowest ranked man in history to win a Masters 1000 title.

Couldn’t have written a better tennis story if you tried.

🇲🇨❤️

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Meddy reaching semis in Beijing and Shanghai we were right there man

The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Rinderknech hitting the Spidey squat

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Rinderknech spoke beautifully about him and his cousin Vacherot reaching the Shanghai final

“The finalist you’re playing tomorrow is your cousin. What does it mean to you? Is this all part of some crazy tennis dream?”

Arthur: “I don’t know. In the best dreams we couldn’t have dreamt about this.”🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Valentin Vacherot hugs his cousin Arthur Rinderknech after he beat Medvedev to reach the Shanghai final

Right after the biggest win of his life, he stayed to watch Arthur achieve the biggest moment of his own life

Both having the week of their lives

Both peaking at the same time

A family thing 🥹

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula will face each other in the final of Wuhan.

Pegula leads the head to head 4-2 and has won 3 of their last 4 meetings.

They haven't played this season.

All American showdown.

Who wins the title? 🏆

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Jessica Pegula d. Sabalenka 2-6 6-4 7-6

Down 2-5 in the 3rd.

Pegula becomes the only player to beat Aryna in Wuhan, snapping her 20 match win streak.

She also snaps Aryna’s streak of 19 consecutive tiebreaks won.

Into her 6th final of 2025.

✅20th final
✅24th top 10 win

Massive win. 🇺🇸

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