Title glory for Heather Watson but Andy Murray edged out by Djokovic The Union flag is flying with pride in the Far East - but, for once, it is not on account of Andy Murray's efforts. As Heather Watson celebrated the first WTA tournament win of her professional career, so Murray was being pushed out of the Shanghai Masters final by Novak Djokovic. Watson won the Japan Open in Osaka by beating Chang Kai-chen from Chinese Taipei 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 but just a couple of hours later, Murray was beaten 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 by his old pal and rival. Watson's success was the first title for a British woman since Sarah Gomer won the Aptos event in 1988; Murray was hoping to win his third successive trophy in China but fell agonisingly short. It was a tired, sore but ultimately philosophical Murray who took his defeat with good grace after a three hour, 21-minute marathon. Clearly, being a grand slam champion at last tends to put other wins and losses into perspective - whatever happened yesterday, Murray is still the US Open and Olympic champion, and that doesn't half help ease the pain of defeat. "I'm obviously disappointed I lost the match," Murray said. But it was a top quality match. Both of us played some unbelievable tennis at times. It was literally the difference of one, two centimetres in winning the match and losing it. You have to put things into perspective. It was obviously a bit frustrating, but it was so close and could have been a different outcome. And, yeah, probably having won the US Open may help a bit with that, being able to deal with it a little bit better. But it's still obviously disappointing to lose. It was Murray's first defeat at the Shanghai event and he came to the Far East looking to defend a raft of ranking points as he positions himself for an assault on the No. 1 ranking. But when he reflects on the past nine months, he would not change a minute of it.