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Alcaraz & Sinner discover Paris draw fate; Turin contenders in same quarter...

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now know their potential paths to a maiden Rolex Paris Masters crown — and perhaps, to a sixth consecutive showdown in a final.

World No. 1 Alcaraz returns to action for the first time in more than three weeks, opening his Paris campaign against Cameron Norrie or Sebastian Baez, following Friday’s official draw. Sinner, who is still alive in the Vienna semi-finals, will begin his run at La Défense Arena against Alex Michelsen or Zizou Bergs.

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The final ATP Masters 1000 event of the season promises high stakes, with potential major implications for the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin as players vie for the remaining spots at the Nitto ATP Finals.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Casper Ruud could meet in a blockbuster third-round match. Auger-Aliassime is ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, currently just 410 points ahead of 11th-placed Ruud, who is still alive in Basel. Jack Draper, who is 10th, is not competing through the end of the season through injury.

Lorenzo Musetti, aiming to debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, sits in the final qualification spot at eighth. He begins his Paris campaign against a qualifier or special entry and is seeded to meet defending champion Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals.

Fourth seed Taylor Fritz and sixth seed Alex de Minaur, both in strong contention to return to Turin, are seeded quarter-final opponents. Denis Shapovalov faces a rematch with #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca in his opener, with the winner to face 2018 Paris champion Karen Khachanov.

Cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot, who were both present at the draw ceremony, could face each other in the second round. Vacherot, who defeated Rinderknech in the Shanghai final to become the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion, faces 14th seed Jiri Lehecka.

Alcaraz and Sinner have met in the final in the past five tournaments where they have both competed, including their clash at the US Open, where Alcaraz prevailed in four sets to reclaim the World No. 1 spot for the first time since 2023. The Spaniard now leads Sinner 10-5 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

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The 2025 edition of the Rolex Paris Masters is the first in its new venue, La Défense Arena, which is Europe’s largest indoor sports venue. Main-draw action runs from 27 October - 2 November.