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Andy Roddick will be among the eight contenders for London’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in November, despite pulling out of the Shanghai Masters the American has amassed enough points to book his place for the O2 Arena.

Roddick pulled out of the second round match against Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka in China, with scans revealing a mild ligament strain to his knee. He has since passed a fitness test and is keen to join the other players in London next month.

Roddick has enjoyed a recent renaissance in his playing career, he is currently playing a better all round tennis game than at any other time in his career, a point that was not lost on anyone that witnessed his amazing progression to the Wimbledon final this year.

After hiring new coach Larry Stefanki in December 2008, the effect was pretty much immediate as the American reached the final of his first official tournament competition at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, where he lost to Britain’s Andy Murray.

Retribution for that defeat came at Wimbledon when Roddick met Murray in the Mens Singles semi finals. Following a five set win over Australian Hewitt in the quarter finals that drained both competitors, it was a real surprise to witness a fresh display from Roddick in the semi’s beating Murray over another four sets.

Roddick v Federer in the final was nothing short of a Wimbledon classic and although Roddick lost the match he was rewarded by moving into the top five players in the world.

“The reaction I received from fans after the Wimbledon final was something I will never forget. This will be a fantastic event.” says Roddick ahead of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Roddick will be joined at the London O2 Arena tournament by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro with the final two places still to be decided.

Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco currently fill the 7th and 8th spot on the list but are being pursued by a chasing pack that includes Swede Robin Soderling, Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.

With $5million in prize money the competition will be fierce, if you fancy the chance of seeing the world’s top eight players in action check here for tickets for The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. The finals run from November 22nd to 29th.

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