Oh, how quickly the script flipped. Days after extending his season of dominance, the World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz found himself on the wrong end of a shock defeat — a 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 loss to Britain’s Cameron Norrie at the 2025 Paris Masters. It wasn’t just another loss; it was a version of Alcaraz that few had seen before — unsettled, error-prone, and visibly out of rhythm. His 54 unforced errors and a mere 86 points won out of 187 summed up a night that never quite felt like his own.

The result marked Norrie’s third win in eight head-to-head meetings, a fact that drew the tennis world’s attention as much as Alcaraz’s uncharacteristic body language. Among those weighing in was former French pro Nicolas Escudé, who didn’t mince words while speaking to Eurosport France . “We saw a borderl

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