{"id":352246,"date":"2025-11-03T08:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/352246\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:48:17","slug":"sinner-wins-paris-masters-to-reclaim-world-no-1-ranking-from-alcaraz-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/352246\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner wins Paris Masters to reclaim world No 1 ranking from Alcaraz | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner\u2019s first Paris Masters crown moves the Italian past Carlos Alcaraz and back into the ATP\u2019s top spot.<\/p>\n

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Italy\u2019s Jannik Sinner powered past Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6(4) to capture his maiden Paris Masters title on Sunday, a triumph that catapulted the 24-year-old back to the summit of the men\u2019s rankings ahead of the ATP Finals.<\/p>\n

The second seed knew only victory would suffice to leapfrog rival Carlos Alcaraz atop the standings, and he delivered in style to become just the fourth player in tournament history to lift the trophy without dropping a set.<\/p>\n

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For Auger-Aliassime, the stakes were equally high but the outcome crushingly different. The Canadian ninth seed needed the title to secure his spot at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, but instead saw his hopes dashed in a high-quality final.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s Paris conquest marked his first Masters crown of the year and fifth title of 2025, extending his remarkable indoor hardcourt winning streak to 26 matches.<\/p>\n

\u2018Intense final\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s huge, honestly. It was such an intense final here, and we both knew what\u2019s on the line. Also him, he\u2019s in a very tough and difficult spot, but from my side, I\u2019m extremely happy,\u201d Sinner said in an on-court interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past couple of months have been amazing. We\u2019ve tried to work on things, trying to improve as a player. Seeing these kind of results makes me incredibly happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother title this year. It has been an amazing year, no matter what comes now in Turin. I\u2019m extremely happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner made his intentions clear from the opening game, breaking Auger-Aliassime\u2019s serve before consolidating the break as he controlled rallies while the Canadian leaked unforced errors.<\/p>\n

Despite the majority of the crowd rallying behind the underdog, Auger-Aliassime struggled to match Sinner\u2019s relentless power and precision.<\/p>\n

\"JannikSinner in action during the final against Canada\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime [Sarah Meyssonnier\/Reuters]Sinner untouchable on serve<\/p>\n

Sinner proved untouchable on the serve, mixing deep groundstrokes with drop shots and half-volleys to bamboozle his opponent.<\/p>\n

The Italian\u2019s dominance was complete in the opening set, when Auger-Aliassime failed to earn a single break point while Sinner dropped just three points on serve, sealing the set with a flourish by firing a cross-court forehand winner.<\/p>\n

The second set offered more resistance, however, as Auger-Aliassime showed his mettle, saving five break points.<\/p>\n

But even his resolute defence could not crack Sinner\u2019s serving stranglehold as the set headed to a tiebreak.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime held his own in the tiebreak until a crucial error handed Sinner the advantage, and the Italian needed no second invitation to surge into the lead.<\/p>\n

Sinner then delivered the knockout blow on match point, forcing Auger-Aliassime wide during the rally before unleashing a searing backhand winner down the line to claim his fifth Masters crown.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime is set to play this week in Metz, where he had a first-round bye, in a last attempt to secure the final spot at the ATP Finals the following week.<\/p>\n

\"JannikSinner shakes hands with Canada\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime, right, at the end of their men\u2019s singles final [Julien de Rosa\/AFP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner\u2019s first Paris Masters crown moves the Italian past Carlos Alcaraz and back into the ATP\u2019s top…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":352247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[440,156,50,1926,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-352246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-europe","9":"tag-france","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115484905565371628","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}