Paris — Andy Murray celebrated his impending rise to the world No1 ranking with a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 victory against John Isner to claim his maiden Paris Masters title and his eighth tournament win of the season on Sunday. The Briton, who will take over from Novak Djokovic at the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, survived a barrage of aces against the towering American to win his 14th career Masters tournament. The three-time Grand Slam champion gave little breathing space to Isner. Murray will be the top seed at the season-ending ATP World Tour finals at the O2 Arena in London from November 13-20. "Thanks to my team and my family who were commenting back home. This has been an incredible journey for me to get to the top of the rankings, I could have not done it without all of you," said Murray.
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