Scottish professional tennis player, Andy Murray is once again faced with another hindrance in his bid to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London next month.

In his latest match in the Shanghai Masters, Murray was beaten 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 by David Ferrer in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. Because of this Ferrer is now on the ninth place in the qualifying ace, a step higher than Murray.

Unfortunately for Murray, only the top 8 players at the end of this month will reach the O2 Arena finals.

Murray had made a strong starts for his vie in the ATP World Tour Finals. He had just won the tournament in Shenzhen and just last week, he had reached the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing.

But all hope is not lost for this Olympian as he still has three weeks of tournaments including the Paris Masters in which to muscle into the top eight.

On the other hand, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have already qualified.

Ferrer talked to media saying that the match against Murray was important for him. He said "I needed to play my best tennis today. "I think this match was very important for both players. Today was a good victory."

While Murray was nothing but praise for the Spaniards, he said "He barely missed a ball for about a set and a half. I couldn't find a way around him. He played just great tennis, especially the last set and a half."

Adding "(At) the beginning of the second set I still had a couple of opportunities there right at the beginning. But after that, I've got to give it to him, he played fantastically well and deserved to win."

According to Murray, he has yet to decide on where he would be competing next in order to qualify for the ATP Finals. If he qualifies this will be his seventh consecutive year in the ATP.

He said "We'll see over the next few days where I decide to go. Hopefully I can play well the last couple of tournaments, try and make a push for London."