Roger Federer has been drawn in the same group as Alexander Zverev
Friday 10 November 2017 16:36, UK
World No 1 Rafael Nadal will face Grigor Dimitrov in the group stages of the ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena while Roger Federer comes up against Alexander Zverev.
The season-ending tournament which begins on Sunday, November 12 and concludes on 19, live on Sky Sports, will feature the world's top eight men's players.
Group A, named in honour of Pete Sampras, sees Nadal join Dimitrov, Dominic Thiem and David Goffin while Group B, named after Boris Becker, has Federer, Zverev, Marin Cilic, Jack Sock grouped together.
The draw, made live on BBC Radio 2, was delayed by more than an hour on Wednesday morning after Becker got caught in London traffic on his way to the studios.
Nadal and six-time champion Federer are the top two seeds.
Germany's Zverev, Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Belgium's Goffin and Sock of the United States are all debutants.
Austria's Thiem and Croatia's Cilic complete the line-up.
Zverev, 20, has taken men's tennis by storm this year, rocketing up to No 3 in the world rankings after winning five titles, including two Masters 1000 events.
"It's an honour to play there in London, it's my first time and hopefully not my last," Zverev said in Milan where he took part in an exhibition match at the Next Gen Finals, having dropped out to concentrate on London.
"I will try to prepare myself as well as I can and try to win many matches there."
Fourth doubles seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares will take on top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Bob and Mike Bryan and Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers.
Sky Sports will have all the action from the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan this week.
The season-ending extravaganza ATP Finals at London's O2 in November ends another memorable year which will be covered via our website www.skysports.com/tennis with live blogs and updates as the season reaches its climax.
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