Murray rues lack of aggression

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The British number one tumbled out of the Pacific Life Open after a 2-6 7-5 6-3 defeat by German Haas.

"I didn't serve well enough and I was a bit too defensive on the break points in the third set, even though, to be fair to him, he did serve very well on a lot of them and didn't give me any cheap points," said Murray. "So credit to him for that, but I was a bit too defensive in the third set."

He added: "I don't think that I missed any sitters, I didn't make any mistakes. But I guess if I was playing a bit more aggressive then, a lot like I was in the first set, coming to the net and taking my chances a bit better, I'd obviously be much happier because I think I would have won the match if I had done that.

"But I still think that I was good enough to win the match, and I'm disappointed I didn't.

"But I'll learn from it because stuff I did out there in the first set and the first few games showed me I can play very good tennis and win a set really comfortably against someone as good as him.

"But it's a consistency thing and making sure you do it the whole way through the match, and I didn't do that."