Andy Murray will Play Jeremy Chardy Of France

Andy Murray will play Jeremy Chardy of France in his opening match at the Paris Masters on Wednesday.

The Briton, seeded second in the absence of Rafael Nadal, has won all three previous matches against world number 104 Chardy.

World number one Novak Djokovic remains a doubt for Paris after struggling with a shoulder problem in Basle last week.

The eight-man field for the ATP World Tour Finals will be confirmed in Paris, with three spots up for grabs.


Play on Wednesday gets underway at 930 GMT with Murray playing Chardy in the second match on Central Court.

The end-of-season showpiece begins at London's O2 Arena on 20 November, with Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish strong favourites to secure the remaining places.

Djokovic, Nadal, Murray, Roger Federer and David Ferrer are already confirmed for London.

Murray was forced to pull out of last week's Basle tournament with a leg injury but he returned to action on Monday evening to team up with Ross Hutchins and beat Nicolas Almagro and David Marrero in the doubles.


The Scot, 24, is on a 16-match winning streak in singles after taking the titles in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai.

Nadal withdrew from Paris in order "to prepare well for the end of this season and also for 2012", with both the Tour Finals and Davis Cup final against Argentina to come in the next month.

Meanwhile, Jamie Murray and Colin Fleming secured an impressive victory over Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco in round one of the doubles.

The British pair beat their Spanish opponents 6-1 2-6 10-8 to set up a second-round meeting with seventh seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Quereshi.

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