Andy Murray crowned World No. 1

The walkover will see Murray, 29, move to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career after replacing long-time incumbent Novak Djokovic. Raonic said he had suffered a muscle tear in his right leg in his previous match, sending Murray through to face John Isner in Sunday’s final. 

“This morning I had trouble waking up and getting out of bed. So I went to sort of clear any serious diagnosis,” said Raonic, who hurt himself in Friday’s quarter-final win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 

“Did some tests. Did an MRI. They found that I have a tear, Grade 1 tear in the right quad. Unfortunately, I’m not able to compete against Andy today in the second semi-final.” 

Murray will face John Isner in Sunday’s final, his 12th of 2016, after the American beat Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 earlier on Saturday.

“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 after his win over Tomas Berdych. 

On Monday, at 29 years, 5 months and 23 days, the Dunblane native will be the 26th player in the history of the ATP rankings (since 1973) and the second-oldest player (John Newcombe, 30 years, 11 days, on 3 June 1974) to debut at No. 1 in the official rankings in men’s tennis. He is the 15th European player to rank No. 1 and owns the ATP World Tour record for most time between becoming No. 2 and No. 1, having debuted at No. 2 on 17 August 2009. 

Murray is tied first with Djokovic on the ATP World Tour with a career-best seven titles in 2016, including his second Wimbledon crown and second Olympic Games gold medal. He also captured two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles (the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Shanghai Rolex Masters). He has a 73-9 record on the season and is currently riding a 19-match winning streak.

This year, his brother, Jamie Murray, rose to No. 1 in the ATP doubles rankings for the first time on 4 April 2016 and held the top spot, in two stints, for a total of nine weeks. Murray will receive the No. 1 trophy during the Official Launch of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the Cutty Sark, the 19th century tea clipper ship, in London on 10 November.