PARIS - Newly-minted world number one Andy Murray admitted rising to the top of the rankings amid a golden era in men's tennis made his achievement even more satisfying. Murray follows in the footsteps of record 17-time major champion Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic -- all of whom have completed a career Grand Slam -- in ascending to number one. It's just been -- it's been really, really hard to do it, been really difficult. - Mind the gap -Murray suffered an eighth Grand Slam final defeat in 10 attempts when he was beaten in four sets by Djokovic at the French Open in June. Despite being second in the rankings, Murray was a staggering 8,000 points behind Djokovic after the 12-time major winner claimed the final Grand Slam missing from his list of honours.

Source: Bangkok Post November 05, 2016 20:49 UTC