Thompson isn't kind to make a fuss over a No. 1 team ranking, but he doesn't mind making a case for his No. 1 player, sophomore Otto Porter, who scored 33 points last weekend at Syracuse and put in the winning bucket at UConn.
Her lieutenants say they'll attack No. 1 player IBM Global Services on the basis of cost.
There's nothing like when they announce you and they say, the No. 1 player in the world.
Roddick retired during last year's U.S. Open, on his 30th birthday, and now John Isner is America's No. 1 player.
Kentucky's Anthony Davis, who's long been the consensus No. 1 player in the draft class, said he'd never even heard about the exams.
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McIlroy might have usurped Woods as the No. 1 player in the world on the course, but he still badly lags Woods in popularity.
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Victoria Azarenka certainly looked like the world's No. 1 player in winning 12 of the last 14 games in her first-round match against Alberta Brianti.
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"Remember, the No.1 player in the world (Rory McIlroy) does not use a long putter, or the majority of those in the top ten, " he added.
Andy Roddick, who was the No. 1 player in 2003, was eliminated in straight sets in the third round and has fallen out of the Top 10.
In healthcare, domestic ultrasound manufacturer Mindray became the No. 1 player by using technology that was reliable but less advanced and offering 30% to 40% lower prices than similar models from MNCs.
When Tiger Woods notched his third PGA Tour win of the year in June, there were many who proclaimed that Tiger had returned to his perch as the No. 1 player in the world.
The New York-born tennis player came back strong at the end of the decade, and in 2001 won the Australian Open and the French Open on her way to becoming the world's No. 1 player that year.
Instead of the No. 1 player at the top of the leaderboard, there is a pair of players who have never won on the PGA Tour, two players who realized that a victory Sunday would get them into the Masters.
Woods, the No. 1 player in the world who already has won three times this year, was the heavy favorite going into the Masters to capture a green jacket for the first time since 2005 and end his five-year drought in the majors.
The OWGR is seldom criticized for determining the 100 top-ranked players who are usually invited to play in the PGA Championship, or the 50 who automatically receive Masters invitations, But when the algorithm spits out the name of a No. 1 player who has not won a major recently, or at all, that's another story.
He is young and charismatic with a famous girlfriend in former No. 1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki.
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His coach, Rick Leach, a former No. 1 doubles player, suggested loosening up when playing with polyester strings.
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The No. 1 ranked player the past three years has included Ana Ivanovic, Jelana Jankovic, Dinara Safina and Carolyn Wozniacki.
Caroline Wozniacki, once the No. 1 tennis player in the world, has been linked to McIlroy for nearly two years.
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Lendl spent 270 weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world (a record topped only by Pete Sampras and Roger Federer).
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McIlroy, who dates former World No.1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, will get an early chance to silence the doubters as he is due to tee off next week in the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Doral's daunting Blue Monster Course.
Tommy Haas won ugly, becoming the oldest man to beat a No. 1-ranked player in 30 years.
Perhaps Luke Donald, the world's No. 1-ranked player, who followed his nine-over-par 79 in the first round with a 72 in the second to miss the expected cut.
The win consolidated Djokovic's position as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, while Federer and Murray will be second and third when the ATP rankings are released Monday.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic gave Serbia the perfect start to the Davis Cup quarterfinal against the United States as the world's No. 1 men's player defeated John Isner in Friday's opening rubber in Idaho.
They're usually the No. 1, 2 or 3 player in each of those markets.
She's just the sort of player a No. 1 should stomp on, but Azarenka could not.
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