Alexander Zverev secures year-end world No. 1 spot

London, Oct 13 (UNI) Alexander Zverev will end the 2026 tennis season as the year-end world No. 1 for the first time. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic men's singles champion is confirmed to conclude the year as the top-ranked men's singles player, following Carlos Alcaraz's shock third-round defeat at the Shanghai Masters to Zizou Bergs on Monday (October 12), according to olympics.com. Alcaraz, fresh off clinching the Tokyo Open title, was beaten 7-5, 7-6(4) by the Belgian world No. 39 in the People's Republic of China. Meanwhile, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner is out for the rest of the season and…