Barclays Preview Day Two: Murray Takes On Ferrer, Djokovic Faces Berdych

By: Lauren Lynch

Photo Credit: Andy Kentla

(November 20, 2011) On Monday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, the spectators will get to see the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic get on court against Tomas Berdych for his opening match and British-favorite Andy Murray take on David Ferrer. The doubles peg Mahesh Bhupathi/ Leander Paes play Robert Lindstedt/ Horia Tecau, who play their match first at 12:15 pm London Time, and World No. 1s Bob and Mike Bryan meet Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.

Making his debut since retiring in Paris with an injury, Djokovic will play seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych at 8:00 pm, six hours ahead of Eastern Time, for the last match of the day. The 2008 champion has a 7-1 winning lead over the Czech and beat him last year at the 02 arena in two sets, however, the Serbian could struggle with his nagging shoulder injuries.

The World’s top player is 78 wins to seven losses over the past 12 months and is looking to win his second year-end final with eight wins to seven losses at the event. The World No. 7 Berdych has two losses to one win.

Scotland’s Murray plays the first singles match of the day at 2:00 pm, which you can watch live on ESPN 3. He has seven wins to four losses at the Finals and leads the head to head series against his upcoming opponent and fifth seed David Ferrer.

They have played each other three times in 2011. The Spaniard has four wins to four losses at the event and made it to the final of the year-end tournament in 2007, where he lost to Roger Federer.

How is Djokovic preparing for his match tomorrow? Take a look: