We’ve got to give Ferrer a lot of credit. He was as dogged as ever, really consistent, and made Andy work hard at all times. It’s the perfect start for the Spaniard and the worst possible start for Andy. Up 2-1 with a break of serve in the first set, you felt like this was going to be business as usual for the British number one, but that’s when the unforced errors started.

For a player of Andy Murray‘s calibre, defeat by David Ferrer in your opening match at the ATP World Tour Finals is a bitterly disappointing result. However, he looked uncomfortable throughout, had the trainer on court and later revealed he was suffering from a groin injury. The big question now is whether he’ll recover in time to continue in the tournament. Andy has got to try to get himself 100% healthy, otherwise it’s hard to see him standing a chance against Tomas Berdych on Wednesday. Even in normal circumstances he would find it difficult, as Andy’s got a losing record against. A lot of what he’ll being talking about with his coaches will be dictated by the level of injury.

Fingers crossed it’s something that he can manage because it will be very sad and disappointing for everybody to lose him at this stage.

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