Murray to open season climax at The O2 versus Del Potro in Group A

Four-time titlist Federer to face Verdasco during Sunday’s evening session

Limited number of tickets remain for eight-day singles and doubles event

London, England — British favourite Andy Murray will begin his quest for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals title against US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in a Group A round robin match on Sunday at The O2 in London. Swiss ATP World Tour No. 1 Roger Federer, a four-time former titlist, will meet Fernando Verdasco of Spain in the second round robin match during the evening session at the world’s biggest ever indoor tennis tournament, which will welcome over 250,000 fans.

Spanish World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who is battling Federer for the 2009 ATP World Tour Champion title and is one tour-level win shy of 400 career match wins, begins his campaign against Swede Robin Soderling in a Group B match on Monday afternoon.  Nadal lost his first match at Roland Garros to Soderling in May.  Serbian Novak Djokovic, who captured the title at the season climax in Shanghai last year, will challenge Nikolay Davydenko of Russia during Monday’s evening session.

Tickets are still available for Monday’s afternoon and evening sessions (see below).

ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, 2009

CENTRE COURT – start 12:30 pm
[1] D Nestor (CAN / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs [8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)
Not Before 2:15 pm
[4] A Murray (GBR) vs [5] J del Potro (ARG)
At 7:00 pm
[3] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) vs [5] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK)
Not Before 8:45 pm
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [7] F Verdasco (ESP)

Murray, the ATP World Tour titles leader in 2009 with six trophies, has compiled a 64-10 match record on the season. He has a 4-1 record against del Potro, who lifted his first Grand Slam title in September at the US Open and has a 51-14 season record. They have met at three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments this year, at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and the Rogers Cup final in Montreal.

Federer, who clinched four straight titles from five finals between 2003-2007, has a 3-0 record over Verdasco. The pair last met at the BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in March. Federer has compiled a 59-10 match record on the season, highlighted by four tour-level titles. Verdasco, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals in January, has a 52-22 season mark.

In the doubles competition, defending champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will meet Polish team Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the first Group A match at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. During the evening session at 7:00 p.m. Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles face Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak. Nestor and Zimonjic are 830 points ahead of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the 2009 ATP Doubles Team Rankings.

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, 23 NOVEMBER, 2009

CENTRE COURT – start 12:30 pm
[2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs [7] M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR)
Not Before 2:15 pm
[2] R Nadal (ESP) vs [8] R Soderling (SWE)
At 7:00 pm
[4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) vs L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT)
Not Before 8:45 pm
[3] N Djokovic vs [6] N Davydenko (RUS)

More than 250,000 tickets have been sold and only a limited number of tickets remain. The O2 is set to be a fantastic host for the eight-day singles and doubles tournament. Tickets are available online through Ticketmaster or by calling 0844 847 2495 within the UK. Overseas customers should call +44 161 372 0025. For more information please visit www.BarclaysATPWorldTourFinals.com.