Victory by a Cinderella team, e.g.

I believe the answer is:

upset

(Other definitions for upset that I've seen before include "Surprise - distress" , "Indisposition" , "Surprise win" , "Disturbed or inverted" , "emotional" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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