London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic received a favorable draw at the ATP World Tour Finals, while Roger Federer and Andy Murray will square off in round-robin action next week.<\/p>\n
The world No. 1 Djokovic, who captured his 20th career Masters title in Paris on Sunday, will spearhead round-robin Group A, which also features Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka, U.S. Open titlist Marin Cilic and former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych.<\/p>\n
The ATP Finals is an exclusive eight-player, season-ending tournament that will commence Sunday in London.<\/p>\n
The 2014 Wimbledon runner-up Federer will headline Group B in London and face the two-time Grand Slam champion Murray and Finals newcomers Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic in round-robin action. Nishikori was September’s U.S. Open runner-up to Cilic.<\/p>\n
The reigning Wimbledon champion and three-time Tour Finals winner Djokovic, who’s riding a 27-match indoor court winning streak over the last two years, is battling the six-time Finals titlist Federer for the coveted year-end No. 1 ranking.<\/p>\n
Djokovic and the former top-ranked great Federer are the only former champs in this year’s Finals field at The O2.<\/p>\n
Former No. 1 Rafael Nadal will skip the London event because of appendicitis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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