Britain's Andy Murray will play US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the opening Group A round-robin match of the ATP World Tour finals Sunday. World No. 1 Roger Federer, who lost to Argentine Del Potro in the US final at Flushing Meadows in September, meets Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the day's second game at London's O2 Arena. Spain's Rafael Nadal begins his campaign in Group B Monday afternoon against Robin Soderling, the Swede who ended his four-year reign at the French Open in May. Soderling, beaten in the Roland Garros final by Federer, has replaced American Andy Roddick who withdrew from the event on Tuesday with a knee injury. Serbian Novak Djokovic, the world number three who won the Tour title in Shanghai last year, plays Russian Nikolay Davydenko in Monday's late session in the world's biggest indoor tennis event. One million pounds ($1.68 million) is up for grabs if a player wins the title in London undefeated, more than the 850,000 pounds Federer collected for winning his sixth Wimbledon crown this year. Ferrero to join squad World No.23 Juan Carlos Ferrero will join the Spanish squad to face the Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup final, non-playing captain Albert Costa announced Thursday. “It will be very good to count on a player of (Ferrero's) experience,” Costa said. Costa announced Monday that world No. 2 Rafael Nadal would lead Spain's defence of its title in Barcelona on Dec. 4-6, backed by Fernando Verdasco, ranked eight, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez. Lopez and Verdasco are expected to form the doubles partnership.
