Tomas Berdych is far from overawed despite being drawn with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Berdych is competing in his second successive ATP Tour Finals. The Czech qualified last year after reaching the Wimbledon final but crashed out in the group stages, beating Andy Roddick but losing to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
He comes in with high hopes this year after a strong finish to the season which saw him finish seventh in the ATP Race. He beat Andy Murray en route to the Paris Masters semi-finals and the duo's round robin clash later this week will prove crucial to deciding who reaches the knockout stages.
"It's tough to predict my chances," Berdych told the press on Saturday. "The important thing is to start my first match well and then we will see. I have to go step-by-step and be ready for my first match. I'm not thinking about what happens if I win or lose my first match."
Odds on reaching the semi-finals: 11/8 with
888sport
Odds on winning the event: 20/1 with
bet365
Our prediction: There are big question marks over Djokovic's fitness and Berdych has the power and confidence to exploit that. He looked a little overawed at this event last year but expect him to come out firing this time round and reach the semi-finals.
