Tennis star, Andy Murray, became the first British World number one in forty-two years -since John Newcombe in 1974- after beating John Isner 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Paris Masters title.Â
The victory brought Murray his sixth ATP title of a very good 2016 and a 405 point gap between him former world number one Novak Djokovic with the ATP World Tour Finals to begin next weekend in London.Â
“It feels different, certainly, to when I had won a Grand Slam or anything like that or the Olympics. It feels quite different. Maybe just because of the way it happened, really", Murray told journalists after the triumph adding, “when you play a final, you win or you lose. Whereas with the No.1 ranking, it’s not really like that. I could still potentially have had a chance to do it next week so it feels kind of different.â€
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Murray's reign could be short-lived, though, as previous number one Novak Djokovic could reclaim the top ranking he held for 122 weeks if he wins every match at the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals in London.