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Andy Murray faces Kei Nishikori in his second ATP World Tour Finals match at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday afternoon. The pair are joint-top of the John McEnroe group after making near-perfect starts to the tournament on Monday.Nishikori comprehensively outplayed Stan Wawrinka in a 6-2 6-3 triumph, while Murray brushed aside Marin Cilic in a similarly emphatic 6-3 6-2 victory. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 16, 2016, 12:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Murray goes into the game looking for his 21st victory in a row, while Nishikori is battling for rankings points in his bid to end the year as world No 3.Murray has won seven of the pairs nine meetings to date, although Nishikori prevailed in five sets in their last match, in Septembers US Open quarter-final. John McEnroe Group Won-Lost Sets Games Kei Nishikori 1-0 2-0 12-5 Andy Murray 1-0 2-0 12-5 Stan Wawrinka 0-1 0-2 5-12 Marin Cilic 0-1 0-2 5-12 Murray struggled to gauge the speed of the ball in the opening games of his win over Cilic on Monday, but he found his range later in the match and should now be fully acclimatised to the court.Nishikori had no such trouble against Wawrinka and appears perfectly suited to the O2.Murray said of Nishikori: I would say this is probably his best year that he has had on the tour. He is one of the best players in the world. He has been playing very well the last few months especially.Murray and Nishikori will be on court after 2pm. Fleming/McEnroe Group Won-Lost Sets Games R Klaasen/R Ram 1-0 2-0 13-9 H Kontinen/J Peers 1-0 2-0 13-9 P Herbert/N Mahut 0-1 0-2 9-13 F Lopez/M Lopez 0-1 0-2 9-13 The first match of Wednesdays afternoon session sees Henri Kontinen and John Peers take on Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in the Fleming/McEnroe Group of the doubles competition.Both pairs won their opening matches of the tournament in straight sets.They have faced each other twice before, with Kontinen and Peers winning both times.Watch every day of the ATP World Tour Finals, from November 13-20, live on Sky Sports. Full schedule here. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Also See: Thiem beats Monfils in London Murrays service syndrome over? Murray wins on debut as No 1 We will get the dream final NFL Jerseys Cheap . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. 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PITTSBURGH -- Ivan Nova has developed a pre-game ritual since coming to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1.The right-hander walks up to right fielder Gregory Polanco in the dugout just before the first pitch and asks him to hit a home run.He hit two for me today, Nova said with a smile.Nova took a shutout into the ninth inning and finished with a six-hitter while Polanco hit two home runs to lead the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.Nova (10-6) struck out six, walked one and threw 69 of his 98 pitches for strikes while improving to 3-0 in four starts with the Pirates.It was the fourth complete game of the right-handers seven-year career with the others coming in 2013.He was very efficient with his pitches, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. He threw a lot of really good sinkers against a very good-hitting team with a lot of right-handed hitters and he locked them up with the ball away.His bid for his third career shutout ended when Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve led off the ninth with consecutive doubles.Pittsburgh snapped its four-game losing streak and stopped Houstons four-game winning streak. Both teams entered 3 1/2 games out of the second wild card in their respective leagues.Nova is doing his best to keep the Pirates hopes of a fourth consecutive postseason appearance alive after being traded for the first time in his career.You dont want to get traded, Nova said. This is not what I was looking for. Stuff like that happens, though. Im happy to be here. Its a good group of guys who want to win and Im trying to do the best I can to help them win.After the Pirates scored four runs in the first inning, Polanco hit solo shots in the third and fifth off Joe Musgrove and Tony Sipp to extend the lead to 6-0 and raise his season total to a team-high 19 homers.It was Polancos second two-home run game of his three-year career. The other was July 4 at St. Louis.The right fiielder hit a combined 19 homers in his first two seasons.dddddddddddd.I guess Im getting stronger, Polanco said. My swing is getting better, shorter and quicker. Experience, too. The more swings you take, the better you get every day.The Pirates opened the first inning with six straight hits off Musgrove (1-2). Matt Joyce and Andrew McCutchen hit consecutive RBI doubles then Polanco and rookie Josh Bell drove in runs with singles.Polanco had three of the Pirates 11 hits while driving in three runs and scoring three times. Joyce and Bell added two hits each.The Astros Marwin Gonzalez had three hits.Musgrove, a rookie making his fourth career start, was rocked for five runs and eight hits in four innings with two strikeouts and no walks. He has allowed a combined 13 runs in 9 1/3 innings while losing his last two starts.Hes learning, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. Thats part of the nature of having young starters. Hes got to learn to battle himself through his first back-to-back games of adversity. He has pitches to do it. He has a ton of competitiveness in him.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: 3B Luis Valbuena will undergo surgery in the next few days to repair a torn tendon in his right hamstring. Out since July 27, Valbuena finishes the season hitting .260 with 13 home runs in 90 games. ... OF Preston Tucker (strained right shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment Wednesday at Double-A Corpus Christi. ... 3B/OF Yulieski Gurriel (right hamstring tightness) did not start for a second straight game after making his major league debut Sunday but is expected to be in the lineup Wednesday.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Collin McHugh (7-10, 4.99 ERA) starts the finale of the three-game series Wednesday. He is 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in his last five starts.Pirates: RHP Gerrit Cole (7-8, 3.30) is 0-2 with a 6.48 ERA in his last three starts. ' ' '