Jannik Sinner has commented on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock early exit at the 2025 Paris Masters as he spoke about the \u201cunique\u201d conditions at the indoor hard-court tournament.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz, the world No 1, was upset 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 by world No 31 Cameron Norrie in the second round in Paris, having received an opening round bye.<\/p>\n
It was Alcaraz\u2019s first competitive match since he defeated Taylor Fritz in the final of the Japan Open on September 30. He withdrew from the Shanghai Masters due to an injury and played two matches at the Six Kings Slam exhibition in mid-October.<\/p>\n
Prior to Paris, Alcaraz and Sinner<\/a> had met in five consecutive finals at tournaments they both competed in: US Open, Cincinnati, Wimbledon, French Open, Rome.<\/p>\n The 2025 Paris Masters is the inaugural edition of the prestigious event to be held at the Paris La Defense Arena. It was previously staged at the Accor Arena in the Bercy neighbourhood between 1986 and 2024.<\/p>\n What Jannik Sinner said about Paris Masters fitness concerns after injury scare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Don\u2019t disrespect Carlos Alcaraz\u2019 \u2013 Alexander Bublik dismisses surprise comparison at Paris Masters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sinner arrived at the Paris Masters after winning the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna \u2014 his fourth title of the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n Following his 6-4, 6-2 win against 41st-ranked Zizou Bergs in his opening match in Paris, Sinner spoke about the contrast in conditions between Vienna and Paris.<\/p>\n \u201cThe playing conditions are completely different from those in Vienna. For me, the most difficult thing is the movement. There are new balls, which travel slower. We\u2019ll see how it goes,\u201d the 24-year-old was quoted as saying by L\u2019Equipe.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult tournament, we saw that with Carlos\u2019s elimination. It\u2019s the end of the season. The conditions are unique here. I\u2019ve never played well here. Every match is difficult. I\u2019m focusing on what I have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n The four-time major champion defeated Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-1 in the third round in Paris to set up a quarter-final showdown with Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n Alcaraz holds a 5-5 record from his five appearances at the Paris Masters, making it his joint-worst ATP 1000 event for win rate along with the Canadian Open. The Spaniard\u2019s best result is making the quarter-finals in 2022.<\/p>\n Sinner, who is making his fourth appearance in Paris, has amassed a 3-2 record at the indoor tournament prior to his quarter-final with Shelton. The Italian\u2019s run to the last eight this year is his best result at the event.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Why Jannik Sinner won\u2019t be the top seed at ATP Finals even if he returns to No 1<\/a> The post Jannik Sinner reveals what Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock Paris Masters exit proves<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner has commented on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock early exit at the 2025 Paris Masters as he spoke about the \u201cunique\u201d conditions at the indoor hard-court tournament. Alcaraz, the world No 1, was upset 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 by world No 31 Cameron Norrie in the second round in Paris, having received an opening round bye. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
What Sinner said about the Paris Masters conditions and Alcaraz\u2019s loss<\/h2>\n
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