The ATP World Tour Finals tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings.
Unlike most of the other events on the men's tour however, the finals are not a straightforward knock-out tournament.
London will again host the tournament in 2011 and the schedule ensures only the strongest will survive the gruelling round of fixtures before booking their final berth.

ANDY Murray divides opinion like no other. Occasionally brilliant, too often fragile, his results and standings within the ATP Tour have constantly frustrated. There have been a series of highlights in the majors, but his record in too many finals has been appalling. Nevertheless, he showed his innate tennis calibre by winning the Shanghai Masters in 2010 and will be favoured to do it again in October 2011.

ARE we finally witnessing the of an era? Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer have dominated pro tennis results and the game’s standings for many years; their monumental duels have been the highlights of several majors, so it seems impossible to imagine a time when they are not at the top of the game.

Nevertheless, the UK-based internet punter / predictor who may have grown tired of their duopoly has cause for hope, a development which may tempt him to take advantage of online bookmakers’ free bets in order to back anyone other than the big two.

ANDY Murray set a record in his loss to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open. He became the first man in the open era to lose the final of a grand slam event without winning even a set.

While Britain forgets about tennis now until the summer, Murray is likely to go through a period of mental self-examination to discover if he can ever win a big one.