Andy Murray cruised through to the third round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships with a swift victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
The Spaniard had won their last meeting in Indian Wells five years ago but there was no sniff of an upset here as Murray eased to a 6-2 6-0 to set up a clash with German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Murray played himself into form during his opening win over Malek Jaziri - his first singles match for five weeks.
And he was on top of his game from the off against 97th-ranked Garcia-Lopez, striking the ball with great authority and pushing his opponent well behind the baseline.
Garcia-Lopez won fewer than half the points on his own serve and his only break point came in the opening game, which Murray saved with a confident backhand winner.
The world number one finished the match, which lasted just an hour and 12 minutes, with a run of eight successive games.
He is likely to find things tougher in the quarter-finals against Kohlschreiber, who has won only one of their five previous matches but taken sets in all of them.
Should Murray win that, a first meeting with Australian Open champion Roger Federer since 2015 is on the cards.
Source: PA
