2 Apr 2011

Fish to move above Roddick for first time

5:18 pm on 2 April 2011

Mardy Fish has replaced Andy Roddick as the top-ranked American in world tennis after beating Spain's David Ferrer in straight sets to move into the Miami Masters semi-finals.

Fish is currently ranked 15th and will formally overtake his friend and world number eight Roddick when the ATP world rankings are updated next week.