The Tandil native will next face Federer on Thursday

Del Potro's confidence (which has improved leaps and bounds this season), saw the lanky Argentine gain an immediate mini-break to lead 3-1, only to extend his victorious margin to an insurmountable 6-1 advantage.Del Potro wouldn't falter on his third match point, releasing a scream of relief when a final Verdasco forehand sailed long.Verdasco, who fell to 1-13 against top-10 players this season, also dropped to 0-2 in Group A action. The Spaniard was defeated by Roger Federer in three sets on Sunday.At this stage, it is all but certain that Verdasco will be eliminated from the semifinals this weekend, leaving his foremost thoughts on next week's Davis Cup final in Barcelona.Trying times may be ahead for Verdasco, who seems to have frizzled after his great Australian Open campaign. The Tandil native will next face Federer on Thursday.Speaking of Federer and Murray, the heavyweight duo will square off in the marquee match of the day during a sold out night session.Murray, who leads Federer 6-3 in the pair's career head-to-head meetings, will attempt to be in top form in front of his home crowd.With both players standing at 1-0 in the A Group action, a decisive win by either player would allow for a guaranteed spot in the Saturday's semifinals.Ironically, the pair have never faced on a surface other than hard courts. Subsequently, only one of nine previous encounters by the two have been contested at a Grand Slam event; Federer winning the 2008 U.S.

Open final.When placed in a best-of-three set format, Murray is a dominating 6-2 over the Swiss, winning Indian Wells and Doha this season, but falling short to Federer in the pair's last meeting in the Cincinnati final.Before the singles festivities get under way this evening, the No. 1 seeded doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will battle Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak.The matchup will be of particular importance to Nestor and Zimonjic, who will clinch the No. As we make our way down the banks of the Thames heading eastward and slightly out of the city, we start to see what appears as a huge tent with several huge antennas sticking out from it. The O2 arena is absolutely massive, and unlike any tennis venue out there.When we get off the boat, a shuttle is there waiting to take us to our locker rooms which is about a 1 km walk around the stadium. I didn’t believe it was that far until my wife and I decided to walk it with our child in arm.

It seems strange that they would give guys like Federer and Nadal this kind of service, and make Nestor/Zimonjic slum it up side by side with the other teams.But somehow we manage and soon forget when we relax in the player/guest area on the 3rd level of the building which is basically a huge open suite that overlooks center court. Comfortable couches, hot food, video games, flat screens, internet who cares about watching what’s going on down there on center courtFor some who still enjoy watching tennis they have that option too. I am not sure but I think they may have stole this concept from our Rogers Cup in Toronto and Montreal which are two of the few tournaments that offer this view while having a bite to eat for the players and their guests. Whatever the story is, the hosts are doing an unbelievable job of taking care of everyone from the fans, to players, to VIP’s.On the court, we had the honor of opening the event (perhaps the organizers were regretting their decision afterward as Nenad and I didn’t play much like No. 1’s, though all credit to our Polish opponents who are very dangerous and were definitely the better team).But unlike every other tournament where we lose our first match, this event is a little different as we play in a round robin of two groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semis, meaning we still have a chance to go through if we win our next two matches.If we bored the fans with the first match of the tournament then it was quickly forgotten as Andy Murray, The Last King of Scotland, came through with a nice win over the US Open champ Juan Martin Del Potro. We play again tomorrow night prior to the blockbuster between Murray and Federer (hopefully we bring our A game this time otherwise this trip will be nothing more than sightseeing on the Thames).I was looking forward to taking my mind off tennis after the match Sunday with some NFL action because there is nothing better when you get live action in Europe, but I think I was more upset after the Steelers decided it was time for an early Christmas present as they lost to the lowly Chiefs. At least my daughter made me feel better later on that night when she pulled my hair, scratched my face and yelled at me.I think she was trying to say, last time we were here four months ago you won Wimbledon, you call that tennis what you were doing out there today Anyways, that’s all for now, next time I will hopefully write to you after a win.Daniel Wednesday's order of play from the O2 Arena in London will feature:Novak Djokovic vs Robin Soderling and Rafael Nadal vs.