Britain's Andy Murray says he has no regrets about his draining win over Roger Federer after he slumped to a straight-sets defeat to Nikolay Davydenko in the Masters Cup semi-finals.
An exhausted Murray went down 7-5, 6-2 to the Russian less than 24 hours after the classic Federer group match, which came after the British player had already qualified for the last four.
"No. No. I beat probably the best player of all time. I have no regrets about doing that," Murray said of Federer, the former world number one and 13-time Grand Slam champion.
"Like I said yesterday, to beat him means a similar amount to winning a tournament like this.
"Ideally I would have liked to have beaten him easier, and given myself a slightly better chance to prepare for this match, but I'm proud that I gave 110 percent in the match. "I think other players might not have taken that option. But I'm happy that I did."
The defeat cost Murray, 21, the biggest pay day of his career. He had been in line to receive 1.34 million dollars as an unbeaten winner of the glittering end-of-year showpiece.
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