DOHA: Andy Murray destroyed wildcard Mousa Shanan Zayed 6-0, 6-0, while Rafa Nadal beat Lukas Rosol in the first round of the Qatar Open.
Murray took just 37 minutes to dispose of the 19-year-old, who is ranked at 2129 in the world rankings and was controversially handed a wildcard for the ATP Tour event.
Zayed mustered just 17 points in the entire match as he failed to register a single game against the two-time Grand Slam winner, who is ranked at number three for the event in Qatar.
Despite having been thrashed, Zayed was pleased for the chance to face Murray: "It was a fantastic experience. A pleasure to be on court."
Murray will next face either Michal Przysiezny of Poland or Germany’s Florian Mayer in the second round of the event ahead of the first Slam of the season in Melbourne.
The win was Murray's quickest ever completed match on the professional tour after he thrashed Spain's Santiago Ventura in 44 minutes at Queen's in 2005.
In the day's other match, Rafael Nadal avenged his 2012 Wimbledon exit by beating Czech Republic's Lukas Rosol in straight sets.
The Spaniard advanced into the second round with a 6-2, 7-6(7) victory over the man who knocked him out of the All England Tennis Club in 2012, when the Czech was ranked World No. 100.
Fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych lost his first match of the season Monday, falling to Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) at the Qatar Open.
Karlovic served 25 aces and had 49 winners, while Berdych had eight aces and 28 winners. Neither player managed to break serve.
"It's really hard to play someone who serves that well," Berdych said. "It's hard to find my rhythm on the court." Karlovic now leads Berdych 4-2 in head-to-head meetings. Berdych was the only top-10 player who did not win an ATP tour title in 2013.
Karlovic, a former top 15 player, finished the 2013 season ranked No. 77. He missed nearly two months in the spring when he became ill with spinal meningitis.
Eighth-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain won his first-round match 6-3, 6-3 over Filippo Volandri of Italy, while Gael Monfils of France beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (1) 6-2.
Murray blanks wildcard; Nadal edges Rosol



