ATP World Tour Finals day 2: Murray faces Ferrer, Nadal on court

Ferrer is a foe to be taken seriously, though, as he beat Murray at the 2011 edition of this end of year tournament. Should you decide to side with the Spaniard, perhaps along the lines that Murray may be saving himself for the Davis Cup final, then an awesome 11/4 price is your reward.

Murray’s opening set triumphs in his last two encounters with Ferrer on this surface have been 6-4, so fabulous 4/1 odds say that precise scoreline shall be recorded again by the Briton.

Stan Wawrinka v Rafael Nadal

• Group Ilie Nastase
• Monday, November 16th
• Scheduled for: 20:00 GMT
• O2 Arena, London
• Live on Sky Sports 2

This battle between the fourth and fifth seeds is perfectly poised with one win apiece from Paris and Shanghai Masters meetings.

Late-blooming Swiss player Wawrinka needed tiebreaks to stop a once again in-form Nadal on French soil, and it’s 2/1 that either the first or second set goes the distance again here.

All-time clay court great Nadal dropped just three games in China when he crushed this opponent in straight sets, and 8/13 in the outright match betting becomes 13/8 if you back the Spaniard to record victory in this manner again.

Wawrinka is close behind at 5/4 to win, and a nifty 9/2 for 7-6 scorelines in the first or the second set. Nadal has never won this at the ATP World Tour finals, but did defeat the Swiss here in 2013 in straight sets, needing tiebreaks of his own.

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Coral’s top tip: Nadal is a terrific 13/8 price to back up his brilliant return to form by wiping Wawrinka out in straight sets.