Murray fears he won’t be able to cope with red-hot Rafa

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Murray recorded an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win against Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer to come second in his group to world No2 Roger Federer.

However, the Scot then made the admission that Nadal is just too good at the moment. "I am not really confident but I will try and win against him," he said.

Nadal was playing Tomas Berdych this afternoon and a victory for the Spaniard would set up a match with Murray as would a three-set defeat for the world No1, providing Novak Djokovic is taken the distance by Andy Roddick tonight. A straight-sets loss for Nadal would mean Djokovic faces Murray if he wins 2-0, otherwise it is Berdych who will take on the Brit.

Murray, though, was anticipating a clash with Nadal and said: "It will be an incredibly tough match and there's not really a whole lot of room for error. I'm not sure I have got a whole lot of chance if I play against him. He's obviously the best player in the world and I don't seem to beat those guys in the big matches."

The 23-year-old was eliminated in the group stages at the O2 last year despite winning two of his three matches because overall he had won one game less than Juan Martin Del Potro. He added: "All the best players in the world are here and last year was obviously tough for me."

Murray began the week at No5 in the rankings but is back up a place after Robin Soderling lost 7-6, 6-3 to Federer yesterday.