Roman Safiullin stuns Carlos Alcaraz at Rolex Paris Masters
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Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin upset Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, the No. 2 player in the world, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday in the Round of 32 at the Rolex Paris Masters in France.
Alcaraz, seeded second, had not lost an opening match in 2023, a run of nine tournaments going back to 2022. He had not played since losing to Grigor Dimitrov 20 days earlier in the Shanghai round o