"We are cousins, but we are not on the same team," says Vacherot before facing Rinderknech

Cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot meet again, this time in the second round of the Rolex Paris Masters. The two men had faced each other in the Shanghai final on October 12th.

Asked about this duel, Vacherot clarified things: "It's going to be each in their own bubble, each with their own team. I know he has a doubles match to play as well. He will be focused on that.

Yes, we are cousins, but we are not part of the same team. We won't be going to dinner together, even though in Shanghai it was a little different; we had breakfast together, we warmed up together because we were far from everything.

In Shanghai, we were a bit more in the same team during the two weeks together. He came to watch my matches, I went to watch his matches. We didn't have many other people to rely on. Here, it's different, all our families are here, everyone is here.

We will be on our own side and we just hope to play a great match tomorrow for the crowd," he said, in comments reported by Tennis Actu.