Tennis World Reacts To Murray's Rise To No. 1

After Andy Murray reached the pinnacle of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time on Saturday, the tennis world came together to congratulate the Brit on social media.

Andy Murray – Champion, Icon, Inspiration, History Maker, World No.1 pic.twitter.com/uBLiM6zfVS

— British Tennis (@BritishTennis) November 5, 2016

British Davis Cup captain Leon Smith tweeted:

Andy Murray number 1. ?✅?????

— Leon Smith (@LeonSmith) November 5, 2016

Former No. 1 Boris Becker and current coach of Novak Djokovic said:

Congrats @andy_murray for becoming the new #1 @ATPWorldTour ! Welcome to a very small club of members being the best in their profession…

— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) November 5, 2016

Magnus Norman, who ranked as high as No. 2 and is currently coaching Stan Wawrinka, tweeted:

Our sport has a new number 1. Huge congrats to @andy_murray and his team? #number1

— Magnus Norman (@normansweden) November 5, 2016

Current and former ATP World Stars sent their best to the new No. 1:

@andy_murray u the man

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) November 5, 2016

Congrats to @andy_murray on being the new world number 1! Much deserved accomplishment for him, and glad he got there. Long time coming !

— andyroddick (@andyroddick) November 5, 2016

Congratulations @andy_murray on attaining ☝ #perserverance @ATPWorldTour

— Michael Russell (@MRusselltennis) November 5, 2016

Big congrats to @andy_murray and his team for reaching world number 1! Huge effort and well deserved!

— Thomas Johansson (@tompatennis) November 5, 2016

Congrats @andy_murray , well deserved. And good job @DelgadoJamie ???

— yves allegro (@yvesallegro) November 5, 2016

Congratulations to @andy_murray on becoming the #1 player in the world. Not sure there is a better example of perseverance. #warrior

— Mark Knowles (@knowlzee10s) November 5, 2016

Members of the media reflected on the enormity of Murray’s achievement:

No one works harder than @andy_murray. Wimbledon champion, Olympic champion and now world No 1. Well deserved and an inspiration to kids.

— Simon Cambers (@scambers73) November 5, 2016

Plenty of tears in Dunblane tonight (and officially on Monday), but again it will be tears of joy, as @andy_murray reaches #1. #Murrayculous

— Rob Koenig (@RobKoenigTennis) November 5, 2016

Fans expressed their joy on social media as well, making Andy Murray a trending topic:

April 4th 2016, @jamie_murray World No.1 Doubles player

November 7th 2016, @andy_murray World No.1 Singles player

Legends!!!!! pic.twitter.com/BRYbQmlf7W

— Jamie (@_JamieMac_) November 5, 2016

Murray received kudos from fans on Facebook as well:

British band Coldplay paid tribute to their favourite ATP World Tour player:

Incredible achievement by an incredible man. Well done, @andy_murray – No. 1 tennis player in the world. https://t.co/oWdhkYDt5N

— Coldplay (@coldplay) November 5, 2016

He's done it!! Andy Murray is officially the best tennis player in the world. What an incredible achievement. Congratulations #numberone

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 5, 2016

Congrats @andy_murray – Wimbledon champ, Olympic Gold, and now ? #1! What a year!

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 5, 2016

Last but not least, from Andy’s No. 1 fan:

You’ve come a long way baby 1️⃣❤️ pic.twitter.com/VEIVl6NsxA

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) November 5, 2016