There's plenty more tennis coming up at Queen's today. Next up, giant American John Isner takes on eighth seed Feliciano Lopez, and then fourth seed Marin Cilic faces Viktor Troicki.

Stay tuned if you want to watch those matches, which you can do via this website or on BBC Two.

So, a relatively straightforward win for Andy Murray, though he probably had to work harder than the straight-sets scoreline suggests. He still hasn't quite found his best rhythm on grass, but we are only two matches into the season, and he keeps on winning - which is no mean feat in a tournament packed with dangerous players where plenty of big names have already been knocked out.

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So Murray marches on, and next up it's a date with big server, and reigning Luxembourg Sports Personality of the Year, Gilles Muller. That could be a tough test for Murray - Muller is serving beautifully, and knocked out reigning champ Grigor Dimitrov earlier today.

Andy Murray on BBC Two: "It was a tricky match. Fernando is obviously an extremely powerful guy and you don't have a chance to get into some of the rallies. He didn't serve so well which gave me a few opportunities, but I was happy with the way I moved - it was better than the first match.

"[Next opponent] Gilles Muller served 37 aces in the first round - I haven't served that many all year! We know each other's games extremely well and he's a good grass-court player so it will be tough.

"It's been a good start [to his coaching relationship with Jonas Bjorkman] - we had our first tournament together in Munich."

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More sublime and ridiculous tennis from Verdasco. He serves up a horrible drop volley which Murray easily chases down, but fires the return back past Murray with a lovely volley. He then throws in a cute crosscourt slice, but a double fault lets Murray back in again, and after a netted forehand from Verdasco, a great return of serve from Murray earns him a match poiiint. But the Scot wastes it with an uncharacteristic unforced error, and then sends a forehand long to give Verdasco a glimpse of safety. But back comes Murray, pinning Verdasco in the corner to get back to deuce.

A horrid double-fault from Verdasco gives Murray a second match point. The Spaniard is cruelly robbed of two aces by a let call, and eventually chokes with an error on the forehand side. Murray wins.

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It's a familiar tale for Verdasco on the forehand side as some brilliant shots alternate with some very ordinary ones. The Spaniard should gobble up a mid-court ball from Murray but fires it inexplicably long. A glance at his treacherous racket and a few words to his box provide little solace. It's those sorts of errors that mean Verdasco can't exact any pressure on a still slightly below-his-best Murray, and the Scot holds to 30.

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The service games are going to get nervier and nervier for Verdasco from here on out, as any potential breaks could be very costly at this stage of the second set. But the Spaniard is still hanging in there well - a nice drop shot and a glorious slice volley when Murray fires a passing shot right into his body keep us on serve.

Excellent tennis from Murray as he moves Verdasco around the court at will and then stretches to put away a clinical volley. A nice body-serve finishes the job.

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Great sportsmanship from Murray as he gives Verdasco the first point when a late correction nearly robs the Spaniard of an ace. Big serves from Verdasco help him to a easy hold.

Murray's not quite firing on all cylinders here: he's not disposing of a lower-ranked opponent quite as comfortably as he would have liked, and the familiar moody back-chat and moochy body language are back. "Minging!" Murray yells (I think), as a poor point allows Verdasco to rip a backhand past him for 0-30. I haven't heard anyone say that for years.

Another wayward offering from the Verdasco lucky-dip forehand and some big serves from Murray get him out of trouble, but there's still the sense of a man not quite at one with his game.

These are crucial moments for Verdasco now - you sense a break for Murray here could end his challenge. A wild forehand and a couple of double-faults give Murray break point at 30-40, but Verdasco saves it brilliantly with a sizzling flat forehand down the line. Two big serves keep Verdasco on track in this second set.

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Verdasco's confidence hasn't been punctured by the loss of that opening set and he's making Murray sweat on serve - an anaemic lob from the Scot is comfortably dispatched on the volley to bring up 0-30, and then Murray makes a real horror, rifling an easy-as-you-like forehand into the tape with the court gaping. Three break points for Verdasco.

What are Murray's nerves made of? Titanium-enforced concrete, apparently - he saves the first when Verdasco nets and then polishes off the other two with pinpoint aces that take the merest sliver of the line. A frustrated Verdasco fires a couple of forehands long, and Murray's escapology act is complete.

Murray has to be careful that drop-shot doesn't become too predictable - Verdasco, who has lost plenty of points to that shot, finally reads one and hoovers it up with an easy forehand down the line. Another good forehand seals a nerve-settling hold.

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"That's so bad," Murray moans to himself as he watches a 79mph second serve flashed back past him to bring up 30-30. A rather nervous approach to the net on the next point is punished when Verdasco fires a top-spin stinger down at Murray's toes to earn himself a break point. Verdasco can't take it though, swatting a huge forehand just wide, and Murray closes out the game.

It's Luxembourg's Gilles Muller who awaits in the quarter-finals for the winner of this match after he continued the run of upsets at this event with a 6-4 7-6 victory over sixth seed, and defending champion, Grigor Dimitrov.

That will be music to Murray's ears - remember Dimitrov was the man who put him out of Wimbledon last year in straight sets.

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Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Queen's

"When the breeze drops it's pretty toasty in west London right now, and Murray had to toil for that set a bit more than seemed likely at 3-0. The stands are rammed for the first time this week and quaffing is well under way. It's £40 for a half bottle of champagne. I'm told."

So, a second test of nerve for Verdasco. A brilliant rally on the first point, full of subtle changes of angle and spin, is finally ended by Murray with a stone-dead drop shot that leaves Verdasco standing. Another overcooked forehand gets Verdasco into dangerous waters at 0-30.

The Spaniard recovers with an ace, but a slice forehand drifts just wide of the sideline and suddenly Murray has two set points. Verdasco saves the first with a big serve and forehand, and then recovers the second with a passing winner into the corner. But another missed forehand gives Murray a third chance, and this time Verdasco is found wanting - he finds the tape and Murray has the advantage.

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That Verdasco forehand is a thing of aesthetic beauty when he gets it right, but it does misfire occasionally - a wild effort soars way over the baseline, that would have rattled the wire enclosure on a municipal court. Verdasco misses a great chance to get to 15-30 when he just fails to coax a drop shot over the net, and with that the door is slammed shut - Murray closes out the hold comfortably.

Murray and Verdasco go toe-to-toe from the baseline and it's the Spaniard who blinks first, spooning an attempted forehand winner just long. But Verdasco, resplendent in bright pink today, shows no sign of nerves, burying a drive volley that a more easily rattled player could have sent long. Verdasco generates plenty of angle with his double-handed backhand and a cute diagonal gets Murray scampering - too far, the Scot can't get it back. Solid hold for Verdasco.

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Murray gets that shoddy service game out of his system with a straightforward hold. Now can he put pressure on Verdasco as he serves to stay in the set?

Verdasco consolidates the break in double quick time, booming down an ace to seal a confident hold.