Singles groups

The top eight male singles players and doubles teams that have accrued the most
points throughout the season, and are fit, meet at London's O2 Arena for theATP
Finals.

They play a round-robin format, before the semi-finals on Saturday and the final at
18:00 GMT on Sunday.

Group A: Rafael Nadal (Spa), Dominic Thiem (Aut), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul), David
Goffin (Bel)

Group B: Roger Federer (Swi), Alexander Zverev (Ger), Marin Cilic (Cro), Jack Sock
(US)

Michael O'Neill: Northern Ireland run an 'amazing achievement'

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Michael O'Neill 'heartbroken' after Northern Ireland miss out on World Cup
Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign going to the final minute of a
play-off is "an amazing achievement", says manager Michael O'Neill.

A 0-0 second-leg draw in Basel was not enough for O'Neill's men as Switzerland
progressed to the finals thanks to a controversial penalty in the first leg.

Northern Ireland had finished second in their qualifying group behind Germany.

"There's a devastated group of players in there and I couldn't be more proud of

them," said O'Neill.

"I could name them all - they were fabulous. We don't always have top-level players
but we have top-level characters.

"What these players have done to be at this stage - to take a team like Switzerland
right to the last minute of the play-offs over two legs - is an amazing
achievement."

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Northern Ireland's last World Cup finals appearance was in 1986
It was a typically determined display in Basel from Northern Ireland, who rode
their luck at times but gave it their all in pursuit of a first World Cup
appearance since 1986.

Haris Seferovic missed numerous chances to end the tie in favour of an increasingly
nervous home side and Jonny Evans came agonisingly close to taking the game to
extra time when his injury-time header was cleared off the line by Ricardo
Rodriguez.

It left Northern Ireland to reflect on what might have been and a first leg in
Belfast that was decided by a controversial penalty, awarded when Corry Evans was
judged to have blocked Xherdan Shaqiri's shot with his hand in the box when it
clearly hit his back.

They were also aggrieved by a late sliding tackle, early in the game, on Stuart
Dallas by Fabian Schar, for which the defender was booked but could easily have
been sent off.