Murray vows to learn from thriller

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Murray pushed the world number two and local hero all the way in a thrilling encounter that ultimately saw Nadal emerge victorious 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 in two hours and 16 minutes.

"I thought I played pretty well - it was a really long match, with a lot of tough points. It could have gone either way," said Murray. "I was obviously disappointed to lose but I thought it was a very good match and I think I will learn a lot from it."

Murray, who had been unstoppable in his opening two matches against Radek Stepanek and Juan Ignacio Chela, might easily have been celebrating a famous victory over Nadal had a couple of points gone his way at key times.

He added: "I think it was an unbelievably close match. I had a lot of chances, he didn't have as many chances as me in the first set, but he played a good tie-break.

"I probably should have won the second set - I was 4-2 and 15-40 up. I had a lot of chances and I didn't take them. He's a little bit more experienced than me and played the big points better."