Nadal Ruthless In Tennis Victory

Rafael Nadal will find it harder to keep playing down his chances of winning the World Tour Finals after picking apart Andy Murray in ruthless fashion at the O2 Arena.

The Spaniard dismantled world No.4 Stan Wawrinka in similar style on Monday and exuded renewed confidence once more in another aggressive display, securing a second win in three days against a higher-ranked player, beating No.2 Murray 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 32 minutes.

Murray's wait to clinch his best year-end ranking goes on, as does his barren run against world No.5 Nadal in London -- that particular record now stands at 0-5, taking in three defeats on the Wimbledon grass and now two on this hard court.

The World Tour Finals remains the only significant title missing from Nadal's trophy cabinet. He has completed a career Grand Slam among his 14 majors overall, and won an Olympic gold medal and four Davis Cup titles with Spain. Yet he has never triumphed at the season finale in six previous attempts, having also withdrawn four times due to injury.