Third seed Andy Murray made short work of booking his place in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters courtesy of routine victory over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
Murray, who received a first-round bye, got his clay-court season off to a perfect start with a straight-sets 6-0 6-3 win over the world number 30 in just 67 minutes.
The world number four will meet either Julien Benneteau or Jurgen Melzer in the next round as he continues his preparation for the French Open at the end of May.
"It was a good start," Murray told Sky Sports 2.
"Normally it's taken a few matches to get used to the clay but today I thought I moved well from the start and that is important.
"I felt comfortable and I used a lot of variety in my shots.
"It's a different type of game on the clay. You have to have a lot of patience. Sometimes you need to play three or four great shots to win points."
Also progressing into the third round was 13th-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who came from a set down to see off Croatia's Ivan Dodig 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Next up for Verdasco is a meeting with Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who defeated Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-4.
