French Open 2012: David Ferrer was always going to be a difficult opponent, insists Andy Murray The world No 4 once again found the 'Little Beast' too tough on clay, falling to a 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-2 defeat to extend his record against David Ferrer on the slowest surface to no wins from four matches. I'll need to work on some things in my clay-court game for next year. But it's not the first time he's won against me on clay. It was going to be a tough match for me, and it proved that way. But I won against Juan Ignacio Chela in the quarter-finals last year, and obviously this year I was playing against Ferrer, so it was a slightly different match-up. Murray certainly had his chances but the five times he broke serve he then surrendered his own straight away, and in the end 59 unforced errors were far too many to defeat a player of Ferrer's talent and relentless intensity. There were no such problems for Nadal, who maintained his record of not dropping a set at the tournament when he defeated Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-3, although his fellow Spaniard did at least provide a test. Nadal, who is bidding for a record seventh French Open title, will play Ferrer in the semi-finals tomorrow while Novak Djokovic takes on Roger Federer.