Cameron Norrie, No. 35 Player In World, Stuns Carlos Alcaraz In Paris Masters

Carlos Alcaraz's tally of power successful ATP Masters 1000 play this twelvemonth is over.

Cameron Norrie of Great Britain—the No. 35 subordinate successful nan world—upset Alcaraz Tuesday 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 astatine nan Paris Masters to beforehand to that tournament's Round of 16. The win—secured aft Norrie dropped nan first set—snapped a streak of 17 consecutive Masters 1000 lucifer wins for nan Spaniard.

"To get a triumph for illustration this, this is nan biggest triumph of my career, my first complete a world number one. Especially astir apt nan astir assured subordinate successful nan world correct now... him and [Italy's Jannik] Sinner combined. So pleased pinch nan measurement I did it," Norrie said aft nan lucifer via The Tennis Letter.

Norrie, 30, has precocious past nan 4th information of a awesome tourney conscionable twice; he made Wimbledon's semifinals successful 2022 and quarterfinals successful '25. He has beaten Alcaraz doubly antecedently successful Cincinnati and Rio de Janeiro, but connected neither juncture was nan six-time awesome champion nan world number one.

Alcaraz's tally of Masters 1000 occurrence brought him titles astatine nan Monte-Carlo Masters, Italian Open and Cincinnati Open—the sixth, seventh and eighth of his career.

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