Tennis in 2025 has been nothing short of chaotic, its rulebook tested and tempers flaring under the spotlight. On day one of the US Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev sparked mayhem by rallying the crowd to delay his match against Benjamin Bonzi for six minutes while facing match point all because of a stray photographer. And now, as the season nears its end, fresh controversy brews in Paris as Reilly Opelka ’s ‘Lucky-Loser’ entry has turned the Masters draw into a storm.

Just before the curtain rose on the final Masters 1000 event of the season, the Paris Masters was hit by a storm of intrigue. The chaos centered around Reilly Opelka, the towering American whose name suddenly became the talk of the tournament.

Scheduled to play the second round of qualifying on Sunday, Opel

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