LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray could lift out of a ATP World Tour Finals after only one compare since of a groin injury, a Briton pronounced on Monday after slumping to better opposite Spain's David Ferrer.
The universe series 3 suffered a initial better on a aspect other than clay opposite a devoted Ferrer, losing 6-4 7-5 during a O2 in his opening Group A match.
He compulsory diagnosis after losing a initial set and a 24-year-old looked murky when asked about his chances of stability in a season-ending showpiece.
"Yeah, we mean, we had a problem with my groin. we have to see how it goes for tomorrow," Murray, who arrived in good form after a new 17-match winning strain that enclosed 3 uninterrupted titles in Asia, told reporters.
"I'll confirm tomorrow possibly or not we keep playing. If it wasn't slams or this event, we wouldn't have played."
After losing in true sets Murray would substantially have to kick world number one Novak Djokovic and Czech Tomas Berdych to strech a semi-finals, nonetheless a arithmetic of a tournament's format meant he could swell with one win.
Should he destroy to redeem in time for his second match, possibly opposite Djokovic or Berdych on Wednesday, Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic would fill in as a initial alternate.
"I didn't know accurately how it was going to feel on a justice today. we haven't been means to do too most training this week," Murray, who postulated a damage in practise, said.
"I felt flat, in a second set especially. we don't know possibly how we was feeling contributed toward that.
"I can confirm until one notation before a compare on Wednesday if we wish to (pull out). So, I'll see how we feel tonight and tomorrow and decide."
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
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