Andy Murray has admitted that David Ferrer provided him with a "tough match" during their meeting at the ATP World Tour Finals this afternoon.
World number two Murray got his campaign in London off to a winning start courtesy of a 6-4 6-4 triumph.
However, the Scot has revealed that the encounter, which lasted one hour and 32 minutes, was not as straightforward as the scoreline might suggest.
"It was a tough match with a lot of long rallies and he fought right the way through to the end as always," he said during his post-match interview.
"He made it extremely difficult for me but he didn't serve as well as he can which helped me and I played a bit more solidly at the end of both sets."
Murray will now take on either Rafael Nadal or Stanislas Wawrinka in his second group encounter on Wednesday.
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