India, Nov. 8 -- Exactly two months after his hard-fought defeat to Ben Shelton in the US Open quarterfinals, Carlos Alcaraz will have a shot at revenge on Sunday in Paris, where he takes on the American in the Masters 1000 final. And the Spaniard admits he "really wants it".

The US Open in September was Alcaraz's first tournament in nearly five months, having been sidelined with a right wrist injury suffered at the Barcelona Open in April. He had headed into the year's final Grand Slam without any match practice, merely testing himself on his way back. Yet, he made it to the second week, registering a dominant win over Tommy Paul along the way.

But Shelton stopped him in his tracks in a five-set epic, a match that set the record for th...