Sunday: The action gets under way with a win for world number one doubles pairing Bob and Mike Bryan, but Murray's match against Robin Soderling is the headline act
The heavy-hitting Swede is broken in his second and fourth service games as Murray sweeps through the opener in impressive style
Murray covers considerable ground to stay in some of the points but, aided by the O2's slow surface, he keeps the pressure up on the man who succeeded him as world number four last week
There is plenty of support in the stands for the Scot, not least from mother Judy (left) and girlfriend Kim Sears
The second set takes a little longer but their man wraps up the victory 6-2 6-4 in an hour and 20 minutes
Carlos Moya, former world number one and 1998 French Open champion, is presented with a momento of his career with all of the world's current top eight in attendance. The Spaniard is retiring at the end of this season
Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan and Switzerland and Arsenal defender Johan Djourou are amongst the spectators for the second singles match of the day between Roger Federer and David Ferrer
Federer has won the season-ending tournament on four previous occasions and was beaten in the semi-finals by eventual winner Nikolay Davydenko in 2009
Ferrer's groundstrokes are a persistent threat to Federer, but with his serve misfiring the Spaniard struggles to get a foothold in the match
Federer is soon negotiating the gauntlet of autograph-hunters after a 6-1 6-4 win
Friday: Andy Murray is a wanted man as the world's press gathers in central London to quiz the eight finalists
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer share some small talk before the photos
Nadal and Federer, the world number one and two, remain the biggest draw and the centre of attention
The eight singles and 16 doubles finalists line up across the river from the Houses of Parliament before heading to the O2 for some valuable practice time
Thursday: Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) meets the eight finalists at 10 Downing Street - (from left) Tomas Berdych, Roger Federer, David Ferrer, Robin Soderling, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic
World number one Nadal will attempt to win the biggest title still missing from his CV when play gets under way at London's O2 Arena from Sunday
Murray (right) will have home support again as the end-of-season championships take place in London for the second year
After posing in front of the famous door, the players get to see inside Number 10 as the Prime Minister hosts a reception for them
With defending champion Nikolay Davydenko absent after a year interrupted by injuries, Federer and Djokovic are the only former champions in the draw this time
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