Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is unlikely to play again this season after pulling out of next week's Thailand Open to undergo minor back surgery.
Novak Djokovic produced a masterful performance on Sunday to help Serbia roar back to defeat Canada 3-2 and set up a Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic.
Britain's Andy Murray joined world number one Novak Djokovic and newly-crowned US Open champion Rafa Nada las definite qualifiers for the ATP World Tour finals on Tuesday but Roger Federer faces a battle to make the eight-man field.
Andy Murray's US Open title defence ended with barely a whimper as he crashed to a 6-4 6-3 6-2 defeat in the quarterfinals to ninth-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Thursday.
Once the hunter, now the hunted, Andy Murray is braced for an all-out assault on his US Open title from rejuvenated Rafael Nadal and world No 1 Novak Djokovic.
US Open champion Andy Murray faces the mouthwatering prospect of meeting top seed Novak Djokovic in this year's semifinals after the draw for the season's final Grand Slam was announced on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray set out on another collision course after strolling into the third round of the Western and Southern Open on Wednesday.
Factbox on Andy Murray who won his second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday by beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 in the final.
Andy Murray wiped out 77 years of pain when he became the first British man since 1936 to win the men's title at Wimbledon with a stunning 6-4 7-5 6-4 victory over world No 1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday. Factbox on Murray Men's doubles: Golden Bryan Slam Mixed doubles
World No.1 Novak Djokovic edged Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in a five-set thriller to set up a final showdown against local hero Andy Murray at the Wimbledon Championships here on Friday.
When Andy Murray dropped the first two sets of his Wimbledon quarterfinal Wednesday, the 15,000 Centre Court spectators were reduced to a silence so complete that birds could be heard chirping.
Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after defeating Fernando Verdasco of Spain in their men's quarter-final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London July 3, 2013.