<img title="Great Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray during his quarter-final against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in Paris on Friday. Pic/Getty Images" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/nov/06andy-paris.jpg" alt="Great Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray during his quarter-final against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in Paris on Friday. Pic/Getty Images" /> Great Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray during his quarter-final against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in Paris on Friday. Pic/Getty Images
Paris: Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray became the new World No. 1 on Saturday after Milos Raonic withdrew from their Paris Masters semi-final with injury.
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.
The Scot&rsquo;s climb to the ATP rankings&rsquo; summit caps a remarkable year which has seen him win a second Wimbledon crown and mount a successful defence of his Olympic title in Rio.
Raonic said he had suffered a muscle tear in his right leg in his previous match, sending Murray through to face John Isner in today&rsquo;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&rsquo;s quarter-final win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
"Did some tests. Did an MRI half an hour ago, let&rsquo;s say. They found that I have a tear, Grade 1 tear in the right quad.
Murray had needed to reach the final to supplant Djokovic at the top following the Serb&rsquo;s defeat to Marin Cilic in the last eight.
But he didn&rsquo;t need to hit a single ball as Raonic announced his withdrawal in a hastily-arranged press conference.
Murray will be confirmed as the new number one when the latest rankings are released on Monday. He will meet Isner as he targets a maiden Paris Masters title after the big-serving American toppled Cilic 6-4, 6-3 in the first semi-finals. Meanwhile, Marin Cilic dumped a Djokovic out of the quarter-finals on Friday.
Cilic had lost all 14 previous meetings with Djokovic but cast the Serb&rsquo;s 122-week reign at the top of the rankings into serious doubt with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) victory.

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Britain's Andy Murray became the new World No. 1 on Saturday after Milos Raonic withdrew from their Paris Masters semi-final with injury.

Andy Murray crowned World No. 1

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