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LOSE in a normal tennis tournament and that’s it, you’re out. Lose here at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and all it does is make your task a lot clearer.

That, at least, is how Andy Murray is looking on his loss to Roger Federer on Tuesday night. Yes, the result was disappointing, although hardly a surprise given the way the Scot served, but it will count for nothing if he beats Fernando Verdasco this afternoon in straight sets.

Regardless of the outcome of the late match between Federer and Juan Martin del Potro, a two-sets-to-love win for Murray against the Spaniard will ensure him of a top-two finish in Group A, and therefore a place in the semi-finals. If he drops a set and wins, or even if he loses, he will still have a chance, but he knows there is no point in dwelling on such permutations.
To get that straight-sets victory, however, the Scot will need to rediscover the clinical form which he badly missed against Federer. At his best there is no stopping Murray when he gets in front in a match, even against his toughest rivals. More recently, as he reflected, he has lacked that consistency.

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“I’ve had letdowns in a lot of matches,” Murray said. “I’ve let guys back in the match straight away, early in the second set. And that’s something I was doing really, really well when I was playing a lot, at the beginning of the year. When I was getting ahead, I was not giving guys chances to come back into the matches. That’s something that, these last few tournaments of the year, I’ve not done so well.”

Rob Andrew Says James Haskell Affair Means England Selection Rethink ? Autumn Internationals 2010

Andrew said: “When we made the call last July about whether we should involve players based in France, having had meetings with the relevant French clubs, we knew that at some point this may happen. The policy is open to review at any stage after the end of this campaign. We have to look at who is in France, what their circumstances are and make another call on what happens next season.

“We need to be absolutely clear these are the circumstances under which players who are based in France will be considered for England. This is the one ripple we have had and we have enjoyed excellent relationships with the French clubs. We want to make sure that going into next season, which is World Cup year, that we have all this covered. We cannot have a situation where we have fights and compromises: we had plenty of those with the English clubs and do not want them again.”

Stade wanted Haskell to play against Toulouse , arguing England had to release him because a rest weekend in the Six Nations meant the International Rugby Board regulation on player release did not apply and that the 24-year old would be in breach of contract if he failed to return. The RFU refused after the player’s lawyer said Haskell had an agreement with his club that allowed him to be released for Test duty in line with the elite player deal to which Premiership clubs have signed up. Ironically, Haskell was in bed yesterday after contracting a virus.

England play New Zealand in December, a match that will not be covered by the IRB regulation governing player release. Any player based in France who does not have an agreement with his club will not be released. England also have pre-World Cup training camps for which French clubs will not be bound to release players.

“When players went to France last year, we told them all they would only be considered for the national side if they gave us assurances that they could be released for England when Martin Johnson [the team manager] wanted them,” said Andrew. “We did not want players who could not fulfil the same criteria as those based in England. Some of got that in their contracts directly, others negotiated separately with their clubs after they signed their original contracts. A misconception this week is that the RFU has an agreement with clubs in France. We do not.

“We have been given assurances by James and his advisers that he has an agreement with Stade that allows him to fulfil the release periods for England training as per the EPS agreement. The position this week has been between the player and the club. We have spoken convivially to Stade about the RFU’s position and there is no issue between us.”

Andrew said he had not seen the agreement between Stade and Haskell: “It is confidential between player and his club. If the club does not give authority for that piece of paper to be shown to us we can only go on an undertaking from a lawyer, which we have in James’s case, that they have the release rights.”

Johnson said: “We are not prepared to compromise the management of players, which is based on what we think they need. We told Stade on Sunday of our intention to keep all the players who started against Ireland to keep them fresh for Scotland and the following day they said they wanted James back. I do not think he will be affected by all this.”

Johnson said he did not expect the full-back Delon Armitage and the lock Simon Shaw, who suffered rib and shoulder injuries against Ireland, to face Scotland. Ben Foden and Louis Deacon have stayed with the squad. Joe Worsley was called up for training when Haskell fell ill.

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Andrew Murray Fastest serve: 136 mph

Career prize money before Wimbledon: US $ 1.8m (£900,000) Celebration on court: Flexes his biceps, punches his fist and roars at the crowd. Most likely to shout on court: “Christ!” Least likely to shout on court: “Cripes, spiffing shot!” What he consumes during a match: Eats nothing, downs energy drinks. What he eats after a match: Sushi Rituals: A few. Punches his fist after every winner, regularly looks up at coach, girlfriend and mother watching from the sidelines. Match preparation: Twelve hours sleep, pasta, game of pool. Could have been: Footballer – once offered chance to play with Glasgow Rangers. Girlfriend: Kim Sears, 20, student. Regularly watches Murray’s matches.

Rafael Nadal Fastest serve: 129 mph

Career prize money before Wimbledon: US $ 14 million (£7million) Celebration on court: Lifts his right knee and punches right arm in the air. Does the same with the left. Most likely to shout on court: “Vamos! Si!” Least likely to shout on court: “Come on, Roger” What he consumes on court: Eats nothing, but has a bottle of cold water and a bottle of water at room temperature. He takes a sip from one and then the other during breaks. What he eats after a match: Pasta with prawns and mushrooms. Rituals: Several. He will not walk on the lines of the tennis court. He changes his racket after every eighth game. He walks on to court carrying the racket he is going to play with in his right hand, rather than carrying it with the other rackets in a bag on his back. Match preparation: Ice-cold shower before going on court. Girlfriend: Francesca “Xisca” Perello. Never watches Nadal’s matches. Could have been: Footballer. His uncle, Miguel Angel Nadal, is a former professional footballer who played for FC Barcelona, Real Mallorca and Spanish national team.

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