On Saturday, Andy Murray joined an exclusive club in becoming the 26th player to ascend to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. While the 29-year-old Scot was elated, fans at the BNP Paribas Masters were left without a second semi-final after Milos Raonic was forced to withdraw due to a right leg injury. Enter the new No. 1 to save the day. After speaking to the packed crowd at the AccorHotels Arena, Murray gave three ball kids a moment they will never forget, stepping on the court for a 10-point tie-break with the trio. Murray will face John Isner for his first Paris title on Sunday. Appearing in his 64th tour-level final, he is vying for a 43rd crown...
Watch Paris singles final live on TennisTV.com (2pm GMT, 9am ET) FINAL PREVIEW: The BNP Paribas Masters championship on Sunday features the hottest player on the ATP World Tour and the new No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Andy Murray, against unseeded John Isner, who is trying to capture the biggest ATP World Tour title of his career. Murray has won the seven previous meetings (18-3 in sets), including just over a week ago in the quarter-finals of Vienna where the British superstar won 61 63 en route to the title. They also met on May 29 at Roland Garros with Murray winning the 4R encounter 76 64 63. Murray is the 26th player in the history of the...
John Isner will look to put a bow on his 2016 ATP World Tour campaign by claiming his first Masters 1000 title on Sunday, but the 31 year old has already made quite the closing statement this week at the BNP Paribas Masters. The big-serving American clinched the most aces this year in the Infosys ATP Scores & Stats, after launching 18 in a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic in the Paris semi-finals. Isner brings his total to 1,141, surging past Ivo Karlovic (1,131) to claim the aces title for a fourth time (2010, '12-13). Karlovic was bidding to achieve the feat for a record-tying sixth time (w/ Ivanisevic) and third straight year. He entered the week with a...
John Isner delivers a 'thunderbolt' of a forehand against Marin Cilic at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
More than seven years after he first ranked No. 2, Great Britain’s Andy Murray will take over the No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday, replacing Novak Djokovic, who has held the top spot since 7 July 2014. Murray will now battle Djokovic for the coveted year-end No. 1 at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Murray was guaranteed to move to No. 1 for the first time as a result of reaching the BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris on Saturday. Djokovic had been No. 1 for the past 122 weeks since 7 July 2014, and 223 weeks overall. Murray, who has spent 76 weeks at No. 2 since first reaching the mark in 2009, is...