What better prep for the ATP Finals which begin on Sunday than an attempt at the latest internet craze, the #MannequinChallenge.

Luckily, it looks like no one got injured! Matches begin on Sunday.

World No. 11 David Goffin and No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut have been named alternates for the upcoming ATP Finals which begin on Sunday.

Both No. 10 Tomas Berdych and No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga declined invitations to the event, and with No. 13 Nick Kyrgios suspended, the alternate positions fell to Goffin and Bautista Agut.

And with Milos Raonic fighting a quad injury, Goffin could see duty in London.

Alternates earn $100,000 apiece …

The ATP announced their year-end awards and walking away with honors were Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro. Federer, who missed the last half of the season, took home the Edberg Sportsmanship award and was also named the ATP’s Fans’ Favorite. It was the 12th time and sixth straight year Federer won the Sportsmanship honor.

American sensation Taylor Fritz won Star of Tomorrow, Lucas Pouille earned Most Improved and Stan …

Andy Murray aside, the story of the 2016 season has been the stunning collapse of Novak Djokovic. Back in early June, Djokovic was an unstoppable force. He completed the Career Slam at the French Open, vanquishing his rival Murray once again.

At the time, Djokovic was far and away the best in the sport with a 44-3 record and seven titles in nine events. Murray, who had just reached his …

Sick of the election B.S.? Ready for a different kind of B.S.? Let’s go! Let’s talk about Andy Murray’s ascension to No. 1. First, as I said this weekend he deserves it and congrats to him for his perseverance and hard work the last 10 years to finally make it, BUT…

Let’s be real here. The only reason he’s on top is because a perfect storm happened:

Novak Djokovic – family issues …

France will hold the home court advantage in Strasbourg, but the Czech Republic will bring the firepower this weekend when the Fed Cup final is held on indoor hardcourt on Nov. 12-13.

The Czechs, led by former Grand Slam champ Petra Kvitova and US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova, have won the Fed Cup in four of the last five years.

Kvitova said this year’s final will be a little more intimate than …

The ATP has just released the groupings for the upcoming Finals event in London which begins on Sunday.

Here are the groups:
John McEnroe Group
Andy Murray
Stan Wawrinka
Kei Nishikori
Marin Cilic

Ivan Lendl Group
Novak Djokovic
Milos Raonic
Gael Monfils
Dominic Thiem

Murray is drawn with two US Open champions plus a US Open finalist. And the other three in his group have played the event before.

Meanwhile, 4-time defending champion Djokovic is the only Grand Slam winner in his group …

While Andy Murray ascends to No. 1, the idle Roger Federer continues slip in the rankings and today the Swiss fell out of the Top 10 for the first time since October 2002, ranking today all the way down at No. 16.

Federer hasn’t been ranked that low since October 13, 2002 when he was No. 13. That’s 734 weeks! Today, he dropped from No. 9 to 16 and that’s where …

Andy Murray officially became the 26th player to reach the ATP No. 1 ranking this morning, after the rankings were released.

Murray leads by just 405 points over Novak Djokovic. The ATP Finals begins in a week where the Serb will have a chance to regain the top spot. The Scot also has 275 Davis Cup ranking points which drop on November 28.

“It might only be for one week,” …

Andy Murray is unofficially 1-0 as No. 1 after defeating John Isner 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4 on Sunday for a first-ever title at the Paris Masters.

Murray will officially become No. 1 when the new ATP rankings are released on Monday, but he mathematically secured the top spot when world No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost in the quarterfinals, and he received a walkover in the semifinals against the injured Milos Raonic.

In Paris …

A reminder, now that Andy Murray has reached No. 1, but he and is brother, Jamie, has been to the top of the rankings.

30-year-old Jamie ascended to No. 1 earlier this year on April 4 holding the top spot for nine weeks in total.

On the left, former ATP doubles world no. 1.

On the right, new ATP singles world no. 1.

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Even Roger Federer has gotten into Andy Murray mania after the Scot finally ascended to No. 1 today.

“We have a new 👑 in town. Congrats Sir @andy_murray,” Federer posted in a tweet.

We have a new 👑 in town. Congrats Sir @andy_murray

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) November 5, 2016

Murray is the 26th player to reach No. 1 and the first British man …

Andy Murray has one job and one job only Sunday in the Paris Indoors Masters final, and that is to not get defaulted! If he were to say hit a ballkid with a racquet, unleash a flurry of expletives on the chair or even drop his drawers in celebration, he would not only lose all his points and prize money, he would lose that No. 1 ranking!

“If I get defaulted …

At long lost, Andy Murray has finally reached No. 1. And he made history today by not having to hit a single ball after Milos Raonic retired from his semifinal match against the Scot due to a quad injury in the Paris Indoors Masters semifinals.

First, congrats to Murray. He has won just about everything since the French Open and is currently sitting on an 18-match win streak as he heads …

Andy Murray succeeded in his quest on Thursday at the Paris Masters, while world No. 1 Novak Djokovic did not.

As a result, Murray is one match away from becoming the No. 1 player in the world for the first time.

Murray on Thursday in the quarterfinals in Paris stared down Tomas Berdych, defeating the Czech 7-6(9), 7-5, eliminating him from contention for the year-end ATP Finals.

On Saturday Murray needs to win …