In the past four years, David Ferrer has secured his spot for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The 32-year-old Spaniard always does his best to earn a spot in the final season and once again, he is making his way after defeating the German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 2-6, 7-3 (3) on Saturday to set up a final match against the British no. 1 Andy Murray.

The 32-year-old tennis star landed as runner-up in the Final Showdown in 2007 at Shanghai and will be the top seed in Vienna. Recording 594 match wins, he is on the leg of a very important milestone and is making on the list of the eighth and final slots in the Emirates ATP Race to London scoring 3,715 points, which is 35 points behind Milos Raonic.

In terms of qualifying, Ferrer said it was his third round win against fellow contender Andy Murray at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. He stated that racing for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London is a very important event he cannot miss.

A trio of ATP World Tour 250 level tournaments are currently in Moscow, Stockholm and Vienna, making most of the race contenders present with each event. Ferrer and Murray expressed how excited they are to be at the O2 on November 9-16.

Ferrer needs to grab a place in the finals to add to his total, while a quarter-final finish for Murray would definitely be a shot. Bidding for his sixth appearance in seven years, is sitting at 10th with 3,655 points. Luckily he had his first title of the year at the Shenzhen Open two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, Raonic, who is currently eighth spot, already retired from the Shanghai open due to illness. He only has less than 100 points from Ferrer and Murray. Everything can literally change after this week, now that the Canadian entering Moscow's Kremlin Cup is on the top notch as well as the other six members of the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Rankings.

US Open champion Marin Cilic is also competing in the 25th Open. He ranks sixth in the Emirates ATP Race to London. The fifth-placed Kei Nishikori is currently taking the week off giving Cilic has an opportunity to remain in pressure as he gets within the home stretch of the regular season.

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