Alcaraz shakes Shelton to win Paris title, continue late-season surge

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Ben Shelton 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the Paris Masters final on Sunday to claim his fifth title of the year and second in consecutive weeks, having also won in Vienna the previous Sunday. The 23-year-old Spaniard's victory marked his 29th career title, with Alcaraz saving six break points in the first set and recovering from a service break in the second. Alcaraz has now beaten Shelton four times in five meetings, with his only recent loss to the American coming in a US Open quarterfinal two months prior.