Andy Murray Disappointed By Loss

Andy Murray admitted that he was disappointed to have lost the ATP world Tour Finals semi final clash with Rafael Nadal but the Scot admits that it was a great clash.

The Scot bagged his place in the semi-final in Thursday evening when he beat David Ferrer to finish second in Group B behind Roger Federer.

Rafael Nadal was in action yesterday afternoon as he recorded this third win out of three in the round robin stages as he saw off Tomas Berdych.

It was the first time the pair had clashed since the Toronto Masters earlier this summer, where Murray beat Nadal and Roger Federer on his way to defending his title.

And despite losing a close first set on a tie break Murray battled back to break the Spaniard twice in the third set to level the match.

The third set also required a tie break and was leading 4-1, with some impressive, play before Nadal battled back to take the breaker 8-6 and the match 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-6 (8-6).

Speaking to the BBC after the match Murray said:  "It was a great match; I think both of us played very well. I probably played one bad game the whole match, or maybe just a couple of bad points.

"I'm disappointed to lose but it was a great match; there were so many long rallies, so many good points.

"I kind of knew when I was out there that it was a great match. The noise the crowd made when we changed ends at 6-6 in the tie-break was pretty incredible.

"It's nice in some ways to be involved in matches like that, but it's not like losing them."

But the Scot sees the 2010 season end on a high after failing to get out of the group stages of this competition twelve months ago.

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