LONDON (Reuters) - World series one Novak Djokovic clawed his approach to feat over Tomas Berdych in his opening compare during a ATP World Tour Finals on Monday though Andy Murray's prospects demeanour dour after a groin damage flared adult in his startle better by David Ferrer.
Djokovic, who arrived in London with doubt outlines over his right shoulder, showed all a qualities that have done him a year's widespread force, digging himself out of difficulty to win 3-6 6-3 7-6 after saving a match point low in a decider.
Murray, a form actor in a universe given a U.S. Open, was sloping by many to win a pretension in London though after a 6-4 7-5 better to bustling Spaniard Ferrer he faces an ascending conflict to strech a semi-finals even if he can continue.
The 24-year-old Briton pronounced he was "gutted" after a damage he postulated while practising for a season-ender hindered him during an error-strewn two-hour defeat.
"Yeah, we mean, we had a problem with my groin. we have to see how it goes for tomorrow," Murray, who had never mislaid to Ferrer on any other aspect than a Spaniard's favourite clay, told reporters. "I'll confirm tomorrow either or not we keep playing. If it wasn't slams or this event, we wouldn't have played."
While a atmosphere in a O2 was a small prosaic as Murray laboured, it was electrifying in a night eventuality as 17,500 fans, many fluttering Serbian and Czech flags, congested into a outrageous locus that will theatre a eventuality until 2013.
After losing a opening 4 games Djokovic gradually found his operation nonetheless he still had to redeem from 4-2 down in a decider before Berdych finally ran out of firepower.
"That was a toughest compare given a U.S. Open," Djokovic, who won 3 of a year's majors and grabbed a series one ranking from Rafa Nadal, told reporters. "I wasn't really confident with my opening though a win is a win."
Despite carrying blue fasten intoxicated over his shoulder, Djokovic pronounced he had suffered no regularity of a damage that forced him to repel from a Paris Masters this month.
"Something I'm happy about is my condition," he said. "I haven't felt any pain in my shoulder. I'm tired since it was 3 hours though we feel physically fit."
After levelling a compare with uninterrupted aces during a finish of a second set, Djokovic found himself in difficulty again in a third opposite a tender energy of Berdych.
However, a Czech's bent to moment during pivotal moments returned to haunt him. He let Djokovic off after forging a 4-2 lead and afterwards when a Djokovic double error presented him with a compare indicate during 5-6 he buried a forehand into a net.
Another slew of Berdych forehand errors in a tiebreak, one of them estimable of a park hacker, gave Djokovic respirating space and he hermetic feat after dual hours 38 minutes.
"Maybe we was too unsure (on compare point), though that's how we play," Berdych, who is due to face Murray subsequent on Wednesday, told reporters. "That was my possibility to finish a match."
It would have been meagre satisfaction for Berdych though a peculiarity on arrangement in a dusk was distant higher to that served adult by Murray and Ferrer.
Murray led in both sets though never looked gentle notwithstanding winning all 5 of his prior hardcourt clashes with a 29-year-old baseline slugger.
There were some occasional flashes of luminosity though too few to forestall Ferrer earning a deserved victory.
The Scot done 44 spontaneous errors as he attempted to mangle down Ferrer's challenging defences and indispensable diagnosis during a finish of a initial set.
Murray quickly seemed to have got behind on lane when he pennyless to lead 2-0 in a second set and again to pierce 4-3 forward though it valid a fake emergence as a mistakes returned.
At 5-6, Ferrer reached compare indicate with a bold forehand bombardment that clipped a line and he converted during a initial attempt, punishing his competition for an brash dump shot.
"I consider it was critical to start with a win," Ferrer told reporters. "I consider he had some small problems, though not too many clever problems since he played a whole match."
Nadal and Roger Federer, both of whom won their opening Group B matches on Sunday, face any other for a 26th time in a mouthwatering dusk eventuality on Tuesday.
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