“I don’t know what happened here. It is a tournament that is really difficult for me to play, but I will figure it out,” gasped Carlos Alcaraz , his words echoing through Paris after a stunning first-round fall. Once the world No. 1, having reclaimed his throne from arch rival Jannik Sinner with that electrifying US Open triumph, Alcaraz now finds the script flipped again. “They are pushing the game to heights that I don’t know we have ever seen before,” Andy Roddick declared, and rightly so. With Sinner conquering Paris to seize back his top-ranked crown, the rivalry burns brighter than ever. Yet one question blazes ahead of the ATP Finals: can Alcaraz rise once more to reclaim the world’s summit at Turin?

Jannik Sinner’s reign has come full circle. On Sunday night in Pa

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