Paris Masters: Carlos Alcaraz Saves Two Match Points to Beat Taylor Fritz in Quarter-Finals and Help Rafael Jodar Qualify for ATP Finals
Shelton overcame a first-set lapse and won 17 aces to become the first American in the Paris Masters final since Jack Sock in 2017.
- On Friday, Carlos Alcaraz saved two match points to defeat Taylor Fritz 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the Paris Masters quarter-finals, reaching the semi-finals for the first time.
- Fritz's defeat eliminated his ATP Finals qualification hopes, confirming American Frances Tiafoe and Spanish 20-year-old Rafael Jodar as debutants for the season-ending tournament in Turin from November 15-22.
- Alcaraz moved 3-1 ahead in the decider after reports described his comeback as a 'miracle,' closing the match with a powerful forehand that Fritz could not handle.
- Following the quarter-final victory, Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to reach his first Paris Masters final, extending his late-season momentum before the championship.
- Alcaraz will face Ben Shelton on Sunday in the final, calling the American 'one of the best challenges' in tennis after their U.S. Open quarter-final clash ended in Shelton's favor.
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Carlos Alcaraz already has the title that resisted him in Paris. The Murcian defeated Ben Shelton this Sunday by 7-6 (5) and 7-5 to win for the first time the Masters 1,000 French, add his fifth trophy of 2026 and return the American to defeat the quarter-finals of the US Open. A week after winning in Vienna, he raises his arms again under the roof.Read more
SPANISH tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won the Masters 1000 in Paris for the first time.
The 23-year-old Spanishman won this Sunday, November 8 for the first time in the Paris tournament. Eliminated in quarterfinals, Sons assured his qualification for the Masters of the end of the season.
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The tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has been declared champion of the Paris tournament, ninth and last ATP Masters 1000 of the season and that is played on hard track, after beating this Sunday in the final to the American Ben Shelton (7-6(5), 7-5), and raises the 29th trophy of his career and the fifth of the year.
The Murcian defeats the American in two sets, adds his fifth title of 2026 and reaches the nine trophies of this category.
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