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ANDY Murray insists he will not dwell on his defeat to Andy Roddick despite going out of Wimbledon one step away from the final.
Despite being favourite to reach Sunday's final against Roger Federer, the world number three went down 6-4 4-6 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/5) to his American opponent who produced one of the best performances of his life.
Murray now has a break of five weeks until his next tournament and he is adamant he will have no problem getting over yesterday's loss.
"I'll move on very, very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger," he said.
"I've had a very good year so far. I'm very close to the top of the game. The US Open I've always said is my best surface, my best chance to win a slam, and I'll give it my best shot there."
The 22-year-old is defiant his grand slam prospects are better than ever.
Murray was playing in his first Wimbledon semi-final and hoping to reach his second grand slam final, after losing to Federer at the US Open last autumn, and he put a brave face on the defeat.
The sixth seed's first-serve percentage was 75% - compared to only 52% for Murray - while the Scot could only take advantage of two of his seven break points in the three-hour match.
"I thought I played well," said Murray.
"If you look at the stats, I hit more winners, less unforced errors, more aces.
"I'm sure the points that we won were very, very similar. It just came down to a few points here or there on his serve.
"And he served really, really well. Hitting at that pace, at such a high percentage, sometimes there's not a whole lot you can do with that.
Federer is a hot favourite to collect his sixth Wimbledon crown in seven years and break Pete Sampras' record of 14 grand slam titles when he takes on Roddick.
He already has 18 wins against his rival, including three Wimbledon finals from 2003-05, but insists he will not be under-estimating the big-serving American.
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