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    Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic look set to battle it out for the year-end world No 1 ranking, but six of the other best players of the season will also be in attendance at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, which takes place from November 13-20. Cheap Tom Brady College Jersey . Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Gael Monfils and Dominic Thiem are among the other players who will be involved.Currently, Murray has moved 405 points above Djokovic in the latest rankings, but the Serb could regain his place at the top if he goes undefeated to land a fifth straight Tour Finals crown. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ï¿¡6.99. No contract. The tournament, which also features an eight-team doubles draw, will be shown live on Sky Sports and is one not to miss.Here, we look at those players who have qualified and whose group theyre in...John McEnroe Group1. Andy Murray (11,185) The Scot has excelled since winning Wimbledon for a second time and then successfully retaining his Olympic title in Rio this summer. He won back-to-back titles in China before collecting further titles in Vienna and Paris at the weekend.TitlesATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (Indoor/Hard) Highlights of John Isner v Andy Murray in the final of the Paris Masters Vienna (Indoor/Hard) Highlights of Andy Murray v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from the Vienna Open final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of Roberto Bautista Agut v Andy Murray in the final of the Shanghai Masters Beijing (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of the clash between Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov from the final of the China Open Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (Outdoor/Hard)Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass)London / Queens Club (Outdoor/Grass)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (Outdoor/Clay) Highlights from the Rome Masters Final as Andy Murray faced Novak Djokovic in a repeat of the Madrid Open final a week earlier 3. Stan Wawrinka (5,115) Swiss star Wawrinka landed his third Grand Slam title and his 11th consecutive win in a championship final with an unforgettable victory over Novak Djokovic in the final of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. All his titles in 2016 have come on hardcourts which makes him a real dangerman heading to London.TitlesUS Open (Outdoor/Hard)Geneva (Outdoor/Clay)Dubai (Outdoor/Hard)Chennai (Outdoor/Hard)5. Kei Nishikori (4,705) Nishikori won his 11th Tour title in Memphis, but then fell at the final hurdle in Miami and Barcelona. He reached his second Masters 1000 final of the year in Toronto before losing to Stan Wawrinka in the last four of the US Open.TitlesMemphis (Indoor/Hard)7. Marin Cilic (3,450) Cilic boosted his chances by beating Nishikori in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel and booked his ticket to the Tour finals in London with victory over David Goffin at the ATP Paris Masters en route to the last four.TitlesATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of the Cincinnati Masters final between Andy Murray and Marin Cilic Ivan Lendl Group2. Novak Djokovic (10,780 points) Australian Open and French Open champion Djokovic lost his world No 1 ranking to Andy Murray at the Paris Masters, but he will determined to regain it back and will undoubtedly be the man to beat at the O2 Arena having won the tournament four years in a row.TitlesATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of Novak Djokovic v Kei Nishikori from the final of the Toronto Masters Roland Garros (Outdoor/Clay)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (Outdoor/Clay) Highlights of Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic from the final of the Madrid Open ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of Novak Djokovic v Kei Nishikori in the Miami Open final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard) Highlights of Novak Djokovic v Milos Raonic in the final of Indian Wells Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard)Doha (Outdoor/Hard)4. Milos Raonic (5,050) The Canadian began his season in style by winning his eighth Tour title at the Brisbane International before falling to Andy Murray at the semi-final stage at the Australian Open. He reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon where he lost out once more to Murray.I have had my best ever season so far this year and it is a great reward to be one of the first few players to qualify for London, Raonic told the official ATP World Tour website. I love playing indoors and I look forward to finishing 2016 hopefully on a high note.TitlesBrisbane (Outdoor/Hard)6. Gael Monfils (3,625) The Frenchman will be making his debut at the season-ending spectacular after a career-best year where he finished runner-up to Rafa Nadal at the Monte-Carlo Masters. He later claimed the biggest title of his career in Washington.I heard a lot of great things about the event, every match is like a final and I always love to play on a big stage, Monfils told the official ATP World Tour website.TitlesWashington (Outdoor/Hard)8. Dominic Thiem (3,215) Thiem became only the ninth active player - and 29th in Open Era history to win three titles on three different surfaces in the same year. He is riding high on a crest of a wave and at 23, will be the youngest player in the capital.TitlesStuttgart (Outdoor/Grass)Nice (Outdoor/Clay)Acapulco (Outdoor/Hard)Buenos Aires (Outdoor/Clay) The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following methods that apply:a) Greatest number of wins.b) Greatest number of matches played.c) Head-to-head results if only two players are tied.d) If three players are tied, then: i) If three players each have one win, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two players tied with 1-2 records; or ii) Highest percentage of sets won; or iii) Highest percentage of games won; or iv) The player positions on the Emirates ATP Rankings as of the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. v) If (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) produce one superior player (first place), or one inferior player (third place), and the two remaining players are tied, the tie between those two players shall be broken by head-to-head record.Check our game-by-game coverage from all Group matches at the ATP World Tour Finals in London - including Andy Murray - on skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis. Also See: Murrays climb to greatness Murray v Djokovic: Is the race won? Murrays magnificent year Murray milestones NCAA Basketball Jerseys Cheap . They started shooting the puck. Joe Pavelski had a hat trick to move into a tie for second in the NHL in goals and the Sharks beat Philadelphia 7-3 Thursday night in the first game for both teams following the Olympic break. Cheap Michigan Wolverines Jerseys . No, the San Antonio star didnt announce retirement plans during an off day at the NBA Finals on Wednesday.INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts victory over Peyton Manning came at a hefty price. Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. News of Waynes injury hit hard at the team complex. Second-year receiver T.Y. Hilton expressed sadness about losing his mentor. Coach Chuck Pagano tried to lean on his standard line about replacing injured players, though it didnt come with quite the same passion, and Luck blamed himself for putting Wayne in harms way with a low, underthrown ball late in the game against Denver. "Looking back it again today, there was really no one within 30 yards of him. He probably would have scored if I actually give him a decent ball. I feel somewhat responsible for the whole thing," Luck said. "I think I feel sick to my stomach about it a little bit." Wayne, who was not hit on the play, immediately clutched his right knee and stayed on the ground for several minutes as Luck, longtime friend Antoine Bethea, other teammates and a group of trainers gathered around. After making the short walk to the Colts sideline, the man who had played in 189 consecutive games limped into the locker room with tears in his eyes knowing that his season was likely over. Pagano and teammates were hoping for the best. Instead, they got the worst possible news, and theres no doubt Waynes absence will hurt the AFC South leaders. The perennial Pro Bowler leads his team with 38 catches and 503 yards this season. In 13 seasons, all with the Colts, he has 1,006 receptions, 13,506 yards and 80 TD catches -- second in each category on the franchises career charts, behind only ex-teammate Marvin Harrison and ahead of Hall of Famer Raymond Berry. But Waynes impact cant be measured merely by stats. When the Colts (5-2) decided to cut ties with more than a half-dozen high-priced veterans, including Manning, following Indys dismal 2-14 season, Wayne was one of the few holdovers who decided to stick around and rebuild. He even took less money to stay in his adopted hometown, and quickly emerged as a centerpiece of the Colts incredible turnaround. He always plays with passion, which was never more evident than last October against Green Bay. In Indys first game after Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, Wayne caught 13 passes for 212 yards and almost single-handedly willed the Colts from a 17-3 deficit to a 30-27 victory that ended with Waynes orange gloves, a tribute to Pagano, barely crossing the goal line with 35 seconds to go. Its one of the reasons Pagano believes Wayne will return next season at full throttle. "Hes not going out like this. Hes not going to leave this game like this. Theres no way," said Pagano, who first met Wayne when they were working together at the University of Miami. "Hell fight, hell get his surgery, and hell rehab and hell grind like nobodys ever grinded. Hell do whatever it takes to get back on that football field -- even if its to catch one more pass, make one more block, do one more thing to help this organization win a football game, hell do it. Authentic College Jerseys. But hes not going out like this." Pagano did not say when Wayne would have surgery though it takes most athletes a year to come back. Some require 18 to 24 months, though Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and former Steelers cornerback Rod Woodson did it quicker than that. Peterson came back in nine months and went on to win last seasons MVP Award. The then-30-year-old Woodson returned to play in the Super Bowl following the 1995 season after tearing up his knee in that seasons opener. Obstacles can be more difficult for older athletes such as Wayne, who turns 35 next month and will be heading into the final year of his contract next season. "There is a thought that the recovery process might be a little slower in athletes as they get older, but there arent any real studies that show its harder to recover," said Dr. David Geier, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, S.C. "We think being a high-level athlete in good shape can help because we know that the strength of the muscle going in plays a role how fast you get back. But being a higher level athlete, also means you have a higher bar to achieve to getting back." The Colts have seen this scenario before. In 2007, the then 35-year-old Harrison injured his knee while making a block when another player rolled up on the back of his leg. He missed most of that season and was never the same. He finished 2008 with 60 catches for 636 yards and five TDs but never played another down in the NFL after that season. Pagano doesnt believe it will happen to Wayne. "You just look in the mans eye. When he tells you hes going to do something, I can just look in his eye," Pagano said. "Again, Ive known him for a long time and watched him work over the years and he says Ill be back, I trust hell be back." Since dealing with a high ankle sprain and a sprained knee, which cost him three games as a rookie in 2001, Wayne had not missed a game. That streak that will officially end Nov. 3 at Houston when the Colts return from their bye week. Pagano would not say if the Colts will shop for another replacement. For now, they plan to go with the receivers already on the roster -- Hilton, Darrius Heyward-Bey, LaVon Brazill and David Reed -- and perhaps activate one or both of the teams practice squad, DaRick Rogers or Griff Whalen. Losing Wayne hurts even more because of what has already happened to Indys offence. Starting tight end Dwayne Allen (hip), Indys top two running backs, Vick Ballard (knee) and Ahmad Bradshaw (neck), and starting left guard Donald Thomas (quad) are already on season-ending injured reserve. Wayne is likely to join that list soon. "The first thing out of his mouth is he feels like he let his teammates down because he cant be there now. 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