Andy Murray suffered a first-round defeat in the doubles competition at the Madrid Masters on Monday, when he and brother Jamie lost 6-4 6-3 to French duo Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra.
Clement and Llodra had previously eliminated the Scottish brothers from the Beijing Olympics.
Murray junior will now fix his focus on the singles, which will see him meet Italian lucky loser Simone Bolelli - a player he has never faced before - in the second round having received a first-round bye.
Bolelli, the world number 43, created an upset on Monday when he defeated Nicolas Almagro, a player 26 places above him in the rankings, 7-6 (7/4) 6-1 in the first round.
Murray had lost his only previous meeting against Spaniard Almagro at the French Open earlier this year.
Should Murray progress past Bolelli then the rest of the draw could see him facing Fernando Gonzalez, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer in subsequent rounds, barring any upsets.
Murray could only face world number one and home favourite Rafael Nadal if he reaches the final, and the Scot insists he is not thinking about gaining revenge for his defeat against the Spaniard in the third round of last year's Madrid Masters.
‘We are in opposite sides of the draw so there is a lot of tennis to be played before we could face each other,’ he said.
Tournament officials confirmed Murray would begin his campaign against Bolelli tomorrow, during the day session.
