Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shocking defeat against Roman Safiullin at the Paris Masters.

Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shocking defeat against Roman Safiullin at the Paris Masters.

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Spain's top seed Carlos Alcaraz has suffered a shocking second-round loss against Roman Safiullin at the Paris Masters.

Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of finishing the season as the top-ranked player took a hit after a 6-3, 6-4 loss to qualifier Roman Safiullin in the second round.

The result was another blow to Alcaraz's hopes of gaining ground on Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings, with the top-ranked Serbian next in action on Wednesday against Argentina's Tomas Etcheverry.

Ninth seed Taylor Fritz's hopes of an ATP Finals berth diminished as the American withdrew before his second-round match against Daniel Altmaier with an abdominal injury.

The world number 10 will be out of the season-ending tournament should Denmark’s sixth seed Holger Rune beat Dominic Thiem in his second round match.

German 10th seed Alexander Zverev rallied from a sloppy start to beat Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 4-6 7-5 6-4, moving closer to securing his spot at the ATP Finals in Turin.

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, the 11th seed, also kept alive his Finals hopes by earning a hard-fought 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 win over American Sebastian Korda.

Argentine Francisco Cerundolo saved a match point and bounced back from a two-game deficit in the third set to beat home favourite Gael Monfils 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5.

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