LONDON -- You might have expected Andy Murray to seek out Marin Cilic at the Paris Masters.The Croats quarterfinal victory over Novak Djokovic opened the door for Murray to finally become world No. 1 -- and the Scot burst through it on the way to taking his eighth title of the season.We saw each other but nothing specific, Cilic told a news conference, smiling, ahead of the World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena. He congratulated me on the victory. Nothing too special from him, thats hes gonna hug me and tell me well done for beating Novak. That didnt happen.Considering all the factors in play, Murray probably landed the toughest opening match possible in London.He will line up at the net against Cilic in Mondays evening session, knowing his former coach, Jonas Bjorkman, will now be his opponents secret weapon.When a coach works with a player, always you get to know more things about them, than when looking at the other side, Cilic said. When youre inside the team you know whats happening every day, the ups and downs.Having Jonas on my side now is definitely a big plus. I hope were able to prepare a good plan for the match.Just under 11 months ago, Bjorkman found himself the odd man out in Murrays camp.With Amelie Mauresmo returning from maternity leave to the Scots inner circle ahead of the 2016 season, assistant Bjorkman was an unlucky coaching casualty.There is no bad blood between him and Murray, of course. Murray labelled Bjorkman -- brought in as assistant coach during Mauresmos pregnancy -- as one of the nicest guys on the tour when they parted ways last December.I enjoyed working with Jonas. Hes a very, very nice man, who I get on with very well, and he came in and helped me at a difficult time when I really needed someone. So I appreciate that, Murray said at the time, in an IPTL chat with fans.Of course, things didnt quite work out between Murray and Mauresmo, to put it lightly. Amid rumours of a growing rift, they officially split after the Madrid Masters in May. The Frenchwoman would later blame Murrays on-court tantrums for her departure.Jamie Delgado, who was appointed Bjorkmans successor as assistant coach, took up the reigns for the rest of the clay-court season before Murray and Ivan Lendl pulled off a dream reunion on the eve of Queens. The rest is history.Murrays loss is Marin Cilics gain, though. The Croat announced his own split with a former Grand Slam winner, Goran Ivanisevic, in August before bringing in Bjorkman as his new coach ahead of the US Open.Cilic had just won his first Masters title at Cincinnati -- beating none other than Murray in the final.Absolutely. I was sitting at home watching when they played in Cincinnati, so that was okay, Bjorman told Press Association Sport. Watching at home is not the same. Here now, its going to be different, but it will be fun.I have a great relationship with the whole team. Im so happy for Andy, what he has achieved this year. I think no one else deserves it more than him. I saw the work he puts in every day and Im really impressed the way hes been playing the last couple of months.Its obviously going to be a tough match for Marin to play him now when hes in this form but its the group stage and you can be a little bit more relaxed. Hopefully Marin can go in and take advantage of the victory from Cincy.Cilic, the 2014 US Open winner, added: That win in Cincinnati is quite a big part for me to prepare.I know that even with Andys great form, especially during the summer, I was able to beat him. I will definitely take a few things from that match to try to implement here.Andys been on great run. Hell be motivated, with the crowd on his side. Hes been playing well when he needed to under pressure, when he needed to deliver. But its gonna be tough for him as well. 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Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays got a rare win over Kansas City with a dominating performance.Jake Odorizzi had his third consecutive scoreless start, Steven Souza Jr. homered for the first time in two months and Tampa Bay beat the Royals 12-0 on Wednesday night.Brad Miller and Kevin Kiermaier also homered for the Rays, who are 7-25 against the Royals since the start of the 2012 season.Figured out a way to beat those guys, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Theyve given us everything we could handle and more.Kansas City had won the first two games of the four-game series and all five previous meetings this season.Odorizzi (6-5) allowed two singles, walked two and had six strikeouts in six innings. The right-hander has not given up a run in 20 2/3 innings over the three-start stretch.Odo was outstanding, again, Cash said. Hes really gotten on a very nice run, which has been great to see.Enny Romero and Ryan Garton completed a two-hitter.Seeing 12 up there at the end is really nice, Odorizzi said. The guys in the bullpen came in and finished the last three innings to keep the shutout going. The defense played really great, the offense was outstanding, obviously.After Evan Longoria had a sacrifice fly, Souza put the Rays up 4-0 on his three-run shot off Edinson Volquez (8-10) in the first. 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Just getting back up to speed and making sure that Im 100 percent confident in this thing going forward, Duffy said.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: Burns will probably start Thursday because manager Ned Yost does not want Lorenzo Cain to play a fourth straight game on the artificial turf at Tropicana Field. Cain returned from a left hamstring strain Friday.Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) is scheduled to go three innings in a rehab start Thursday night with Class A Charlotte.UP NEXTRoyals RHP Ian Kennedy (6-9) will face Rays LHP Drew Smyly (3-11) Thursday. Kennedy (26) and Smyly (22) are among the major-league leaders in home runs allowed. ' ' '