Murray to face Federer in finals

Tennis: Andy Murray has been drawn in the same group as world number one Roger Federer for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals…

Tennis:Andy Murray has been drawn in the same group as world number one Roger Federer for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray and Federer are joined by US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in Group A at the 02 Arena in London.

Group B features Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko and Robin Soderling.

Soderling initially failed to qualify for the prestigious eight-man event but was handed a place when Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick was forced to pull out through injury.

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