y By Toby Prince
British star, Andy Murray, is now number two in the world rankings for the first time since 2013 following his win in the Rogers Cup. The two-time Grand Slam champion has risen above Roger Federer to second.
The Scots broke an eight-match-spell cast on him by Novak Djokovic to win his 11th Master title, the 35th of his career on Sunday night in Montreal.
After about three hours of tennis action, the British top seed defeated the Serb star, who remains number one, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to earn his fourth title of the year.
What this means is that the 28-year-old along with Djokovic is guaranteed a place in the end-of-season World Tour Finals in London.
He dedicated the victory to his coach Amelie Mauresmo, who gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday.
“I’m not sure she will have stayed up to watch this one but, Amelie, this one’s for you,” said Murray.
The male top ten seed in the world according to the latest ATP Ranking is as follows:
- Novak Djokovic- Serbia
- Andy Murray- Britain
- Roger Federer- Switzerland
- Kei Nishikori- Japan
- Stan Warinka- Chile
- Tomas Berdych- Czech
- David Ferrer- Spain
- Rafael Nadal- Spain
- Marin Cilic- Croatia
- Milos Raonic- Canada
