With his Sf win at Houston John passed Mardy Fish in the rankings to #9.
And thus, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new American #1.
Big congrats, John.
He is in stellar company becoming only the 12th player since 1973.
The 12: Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi,
Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, Brad Gilbert, Jim Courier, Andy Roddick,
James Blake, Mardy Fish and John Isner.
John: Even coming out of college it’s something I never could have imagined.
But as I started to improve and play better a little bit...
I knew that this could be something that was attainable for me.
I’m very thrilled. And now I have my highest ranking ever as well, No. 9.
That was my next goal, after I got to 10.
Now my newest goal is to get to eight, then seven, and then six.
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