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Mardy Fish talks trash with Andy Roddick about basketball and golf, but not tennis.
The topic of Fish's new ranking will be off limits, he said.
Fish claimed the top U.S. spot for the first time Wednesday by reaching the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open when he beat No. 6 seed David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2.
The 29-year-old Fish will climb to at least 11th, a career best, in the next world rankings. Roddick, a good friend since childhood, will fall from eighth to 14th after losing his opening match last week.
"I don't think I would ever feel like I was the No. 1 American," Fish said. "Andy has had a pretty good career. You can put his career on top of mine about six times. He's always going to be the top dog in my generation."
But Fish is the lone American with a shot at the title this weekend. He'll try to continue his best run in 10 appearances at Key Biscayne on Friday against No. 2-seeded Novak Djokovic(Below), who is unbeaten this year.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6274362
