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World number one Carlos Alcaraz admitted he had “no feeling at all" for the ball following his 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to 31st-ranked Briton Cameron Norrie in his opening match at the Paris Masters on Tuesday. The six-time Grand Slam champion has now failed to win the Paris Masters in five attempts and risks losing his top ranking if rival Jannik Sinner wins the tournament.

After a three-week hiatus due to an ankle injury that made him miss the Shanghai Masters, Alcaraz arrived in Paris feeling good. “I had a lot of practices here, which I was feeling great, feeling amazing, moving on the court, hitting the ball," the 22-year-old explained.

“However, even in the first set that I won, I felt like I could have done much more. I tried to improve in the second set, but it

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