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Murray overakes Djokovic as the new number 1 in tennis

Andy Murray becomes world number 1 for the first time in his career

Andy Murray became the world number for the first time as his opponent Milos Raonic withdrew from the semi finals of the Paris Masters. Murray will be the first British singles player to hold top spot since computerised rankings began in 1973.

The Scot will play John Isner in Sunday’s final, after the American beat Cilic who in-turn had overcome Djokovic earlier. The Canadian said he tore his right quad during his quarter-final win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday. His withdrawal means Murray will overtake Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings, having spent a total of 76 weeks at No2 and ending the Serb’s latest reign at 122 weeks.

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Djokovic’s 122 week reign at the top ends

Novak Djokovic has been having a forgetful season post the US Open finals where he lost out to Stan Wawrinka. The Serb has been unable to find form to run deep into the tournaments which he seemed to win with utmost ease earlier.

Djokovic had topped the rankings for 122 weeks, and completed his career Grand Slam by beating Murray in the French Open final in June.

But Murray has reached 11 finals in his past 12 events, and has won 73 matches in the year, a personal record.

He will be officially confirmed as world number one when the revised rankings are released on Monday.

“I have put myself in a position to do something that takes a lot of consistency, a lot of concentration for a long period of time,” said Murray on Friday, following his 7-6, 7-5 quarter-final win over Tomas Berdych.

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