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The 20-year-old frequently lost his temper and was in the end comprehensively out-hit by the Russian world number five in a 7-5 6-4 quarter-final defeat.

"I'm a bit disappointed purely because I had a lot of chances," Murray told www.dubaitennischampionships.com.

"Early in the first set I had a couple of break points, and against someone like him, once he starts to get comfortable from the baseline, he's really tough to beat," he added.

"For me the most important one chance was the second game of the match.

"I think against a top player if you can stamp your authority early and get ahead, you're obviously going to start to relax and they're going to try to up their game, and especially here where the ball flies they can start to make mistakes."

Murray surged into a 3-0 lead in the second set and for a few moments, as he reeled off eight straight points, it looked as though the British number one was building up the momentum to claim a fourth straight victory over the Russian.

Frustratingly, Murray let Davydenko seize back the initiative immediately and he rattled off five straight games that effectively ended the contest.

"You could do with getting a good start and I did that in the second set, but I played a bad game to lose my serve," Murray said.

"I wasn't so disappointed the way I was hitting the ball. I was just disappointed I didn't take the chances that I had because I had quite a few."