Overview

• Sinner retired with severe cramping in Shanghai when trailing Tallon Griekspoor, one of seven mid‑match retirements in heat and humidity.
• Carlos Alcaraz now holds 11,340 ranking points to Jannik Sinner’s 10,000 and logged his 42nd week at No. 1, moving past Andy Murray.
• Eurosport Italy’s Simone Eterno reports Sinner will skip the Paris Masters and the Davis Cup but plans to play Vienna and the ATP Finals, a claim not yet confirmed.
• Paris Masters director Cédric Pioline told AFP he is confident Alcaraz and Sinner will compete at the event, leaving final entries unresolved.
• Debate over Sinner’s durability intensified after Shanghai, with Paolo Bertolucci calling him “a bit frail,” even as the Italian maintains an 81‑week top‑2 streak and is set to appear at this week’s Six Kings Slam exhibition.