Murray, Federer paired together at World Tour Finals

ByReuters

Updated 03/11/2014 at 16:05 GMT

Roger Federer and Andy Murray have been drawn in the same group for the World Tour Finals, while three-times champion and world number one Novak Djokovic has been drawn in a group with U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic for the season-ending event at London's O2 Arena.

Roger Federer congratulates Andy Murray (Reuters)

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Second seed Federer, who has won the year-ending tournament six times and who still has hopes of replacing Djokovic on top of the rankings before the end of the year, faces a clash in Group B with home favourite Murray.

Debutants Milos Raonic and Japan's Kei Nishikori, the first Asian-born man to qualify for the showpiece event, complete the group.

Former Wimbledon champion Murray, who won three titles in the past six weeks to secure a place at the tournament after slipping down the rankings, missed last year's tournament because of back surgery.

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Defending champion Djokovic, who retained his Paris Masters title on Sunday after beating Raonic, will also face Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka and hard-hitting Czech Tomas Berdych in Group A of the elite event.

Cilic is making his debut at the eight-man event.

World number three Rafael Nadal of Spain is missing because of surgery for appendicitis.

The lucrative tournament runs from November 9-16.

Group A: Djokovic, Wawrinka, Berdych, Cilic

Group B: Federer, Nishikori, Murray, Raonic

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