Cameron Norrie becomes first British top 10 player since Andy Murray ending five-year wait

Cameron Norrie has ended an almost five-year wait for a British man to crack the top 10 of the rankings, finally reaching the elite group on Monday after his run to the last-16 in Miami. The 26-year-old has been knocking on the door for several weeks and reached a career-high of world No 10 after a successful year that saw him win a Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells last October.

Norrie has become the first British man to reach the world's top 10 since October 2017, when Murray last occupied the prestigious position in the rankings. Just a year ago, he was yet to make his top 50 debut and in 52 weeks has become Britain's leading hope in men's tennis.

The new world No 10 made finals in Estoril, Lyon and Queens last year before winning his maiden title in Los Cabos, later going on to pick up his biggest title to date at the event often dubbed the 'fifth Grand Slam', the Indian Wells Masters. In the tournament's postponed October slot, the Brit beat the likes of the 15th and 11th seeds en route to a maiden Masters 1000 title. He then made his ATP Finals debut as an alternate when Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini both withdrew mid-tournament with injuries to wrap uo a career-best season.

Perhaps even more impressively, Norrie has been able to back it up so far in 2022 after a tough start to the season. Having lost all four of his matches in Australia to start the year, the three-time title winner has managed to pick up another trophy, reach another final and make deep runs during the 'Sunshine Double'.

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He then turned things around, reaching the last-eight in Rotterdam before going on to pick up his third career title in Delray Beach, going