Barclays ATP Tour World Finals - Group B

With all eight qualifying slots now complete, the Barclays ATP Tour World Finals draw has taken place and the two groups have been decided.

Group A consists of Novak Djokovic, Tomas Berdych, Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka

Group B consists of Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic

Looking at the two groups, it`s Group B that stands out as being the most difficult to predict, with the top two players progressing through to the knockout stages having played each of the other players within their group once on a round-robin basis.

Roger Federer is the favourite to qualify from Group B at 3/10 with BetVictor and 13/10 to win the group with the same firm. Despite losing in the quarter finals at the Paris Masters, the Swiss legend has been in good form, having defeated Djokovic in the semi-final at the Shanghai Masters in October and also going on to claim the Swiss Indoors in Basel later in the same month. Federer seems determined to end the season on a high and should have no trouble progressing from this group. His tormentor at the Paris Masters last week was Milos Raonic and they find themselves together again in Group B. Despite the confidence that victory will have given the Canadian, he tends to struggle in the big matches, highlighted by his defeat in the final of the Paris Masters and is priced at 15/8 with BetVictor to make it through to the semi-finals.

Andy Murray will feel confident of progressing from Group B, having played well in recent tournaments and is available at 2/5 with BetVictor to do just that. This event is a great chance for Murray to boost his ranking ahead of next years Australian Open but has been showing signs of fatigue of late, having participated in so many events in his successful attempt to make it through the Barclays ATP Tour World Finals. In addition to this, Murray`s record against top five opponents this season reads two wins and eight defeats and the Scot will have to improve on this if he is to make it through to the semi-finals and challenge the likes of Federer and Djokovic.

This leaves one other player in Group B and that`s Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player is likely to be Murray`s biggest threat to qualifying from this group and is available at 9/5 with BetVictor to be one of the two qualifiers from the group. Nishikori has more than doubled his ATP career title wins in 2014, including two victories on indoor hard-court surfaces. Furthermore, Nishikori has a good record when coming up against top ten players, winning five of his last six matches and if he can remain fit, will pose a danger to the other players in Group B.

From this Group, it`s difficult to look beyond Roger Federer as the main contender to go on and lift the title. The World number 2 has won the event six times in total, with two of the wins coming in London in 2010 and 2011 and therefore knows what it takes to make it through the group stages and in to the final. The Swiss is available at 6/5 with paddypower to reach the final and 7/2 with the same firm to go on and win the event.

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