Britain's Andy Murray will become the world number one for the first time after Milos Raonic withdrew from their Paris Masters semi-final.
Murray, 29, needed only to reach the final in Paris after current number one Novak Djokovic lost to Marin Cilic in Friday's quarter-final.
But Canadian Raonic announced before Saturday's match that he was injured.
Murray will be the first British singles player to hold top spot since computerised rankings began in 1973.
The Scot will play John Isner in Sunday's final, after the American beat Cilic 6-4 6-3 in Saturday's first semi-final.
Djokovic had topped the rankings for 122 weeks, and completed his career Grand Slam by beating Murray in the French Open final in June.
But Murray has reached 11 finals in his past 12 events, winning 73 matches in the process, a personal record.
He will be officially confirmed as world number one when the revised rankings are released on Monday.
引自BBC Sports
Raonic在巴黎大師賽四強退賽後，Andy Murray順利晉級決賽！將對上John Isner...
最重要的是，恭喜史上第26位球王：Andy Murray !!!
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Murray, 29, needed only to reach the final in Paris after current number one Novak Djokovic lost to Marin Cilic in Friday's quarter-final.
But Canadian Raonic announced before Saturday's match that he was injured.
Murray will be the first British singles player to hold top spot since computerised rankings began in 1973.
The Scot will play John Isner in Sunday's final, after the American beat Cilic 6-4 6-3 in Saturday's first semi-final.
Djokovic had topped the rankings for 122 weeks, and completed his career Grand Slam by beating Murray in the French Open final in June.
But Murray has reached 11 finals in his past 12 events, winning 73 matches in the process, a personal record.
He will be officially confirmed as world number one when the revised rankings are released on Monday.
引自BBC Sports
Raonic在巴黎大師賽四強退賽後，Andy Murray順利晉級決賽！將對上John Isner...
最重要的是，恭喜史上第26位球王：Andy Murray !!!
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