London , England ( CNN ) -- Roger Federer recorded a resounding 6-4 6-2 win over Britain 's Andy Murray in their Group B match at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday . Federer wasted little time in exploiting a misfiring Murray , breaking his second service game to love to establish an early 3-1 lead . He never looked back , holding his serve with ease , while continuing to make Murray work for his . Murray sniffed a chance to break back when Federer was serving for the set , taking the first two points of the game . But the 29-year-old regained his composure winning four points on the bounce to take the opening set 6-4 . The second set started in the same fashion . Murray working hard just to hold his serve , and a back and forth opening game eventually went Federer 's way . Becker backs Federer to be year-end champ . The Swiss , in contrast , continued to hold his service with ease and when Murray went two breaks down to trail 0-3 , there was no way back . The 23-year-old avoided the humiliation of a second set whitewash , scrapping his way to two service games . But it only delayed the inevitable as Federer , a four-time winner of the event , closed out the match in style to go top of Group B. Federer , who now has a 6-8 head-to-head record against Murray , admitted his surprise at the margin of victory . `` Andy has beaten me the last few times so I 'm surprised how clean the score was today , but I do n't think Andy played his best match , that is for sure , '' Federer told BBC Sport . Murray will likely have to beat David Ferrer in his final group match on Thursday if he is to progress to the semi-finals stage . `` I did the two most important things in tennis very poorly today , which is serve and return . Against someone as good as Roger , you ca n't do them badly . You 're not going to win the match and that 's why the score line was like it was , '' Murray told BBC Sport . Meanwhile , in the evening match , Robin Soderling won a hard fought straight sets victory over David Ferrer , 7-5 7-5 . The first set seemed destined to go to a tie-break as both men held serve for the first 11 eleven games , but Soderling gained the crucial break in the 12th . A curling forehand winner closed out the set for the Swede after 48 minutes . The second set was heading the way of the first it seemed as Soderling and then Ferrer continued to hold serve . Despite some spirited defence from the Spaniard in the fifth game , Soderling prevailed to take a 4-2 lead , which quickly became 5-2 . With defeat and an early exit from the competition looming , Ferrer burst into life winning the next three games to draw level . But Soderling regained his form while Ferrer 's waned and the Swede completed his first win at this year 's event . `` I played well last year and I 've enjoyed coming back . I 'm very relieved . It was tough . I served very well but I have a few things I need to improve , '' Soderling told BBC Sport after the match . The Swede faces Federer on Thursday while Ferrer will play Andy Murray .
Roger Federer brushes Andy Murray aside 6 - 2 6 - 2 in ATP World Tour Final group match . World number two goes top of Group B ; Soderling and Ferrer win respectively .