Triumphant Murray eyes London success
He was made to work hard for the honour, but new world number one Andy Murray overcame John Isner to win the Paris Masters on Sunday.
Andy Murray has set his sights on victory at the ATP World Tour Finals to complete a stunning year after celebrating becoming world number one by beating John Isner in the Paris Masters final.
The Briton battled to a 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 triumph in France on Sunday to secure his first Paris title and immediately turned his focus to the season-ending tournament in London.
"I'm not so much thinking about the year-end number one," he told Sky Sports.
"I just want to play well at the O2. I feel like some of the years I haven't always played my best tennis and haven't done myself justice.
"It's not always a guarantee against the best players in the world, but I don't want to finish the year on a bad note, having not played well there."
Reflecting on his hard-fought win over Isner, which came a day after the two-time Olympic champion rose to the summit of the rankings ahead of Novak Djokovic following Milos Raonic's semi-final withdrawal, Murray added: "It was an unbelievably hard match.
"I had very few opportunities, it was tough to lose the tie-break in the second set, but John served unbelievably well and came out with great volleys as well.
"I was lucky he missed a few serves in the last game and I managed to hit a few passing shots, but it was a great way to win the match.
"I had a few chances and he served great on the first couple of break points I got.
"In the last game he just missed a few serves, it felt like he served amazing, maybe in the low 70s or early 80s [percentage] and I wasn't getting many opportunities.
"In the last game I did and I was able to capitalise."