On Sunday, Carlos Alcarez avenged his loss to American Ben Shelton in straight sets 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 to win the Paris Masters by winning his ninth 1,000-point Masters title.
Alcarez, ranked third in the world, became the first Spanish tennis player since David Ferrer in 2012 to win the tournament.
Alcarez lost in September in a breathtaking four-and-a-half-hour match against Shelton, the finalist of that competition, and was unable to defend his US Open title.
He said this evening after winning the Paris Masters in his sixth attempt: "It's something I've been trying to achieve for a long time.