Well well, where did that come from? Murray has a gimme passing shot to get to 40-15 but Verdasco guesses right and fires it back past him with a smart volley. That takes Verdasco to 30-30 and although he sends a forehand long off the next point, a couple of poor Murray groundstrokes bring up a break point, which the Scot duly coughs up by dumping a forehand into the net. That was very loose from Murray.

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Verdasco is just beginning to find his feet - he works Murray around the court cleverly and hooks a forehand into the empty court. The Spaniard then makes a dreadful challenge for a serve that landed a good foot long, but seals the game with a big serve that Murray can't get back.

Murray finds the chalk with his first ace of the match, but his first sortie to the net isn't so successful as he pushes a volley long. Another big serve seals a tidy hold. Verdasco not making much impression on the Murray serve so far.

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A bit of a loose game from Murray as he fires a couple of groundstrokes into the tape and then sends a return long, and Verdasco is on the board without having to work too hard for it.

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That drop shot is working overtime for Murray - again he pins Verdasco back behind the baseline with some powerful groundstrokes and then picks his moment to dink the ball cheekily over the net. The Spaniard's 31-year-old legs aren't going to chase that one down. A couple of loose shots into the net from Verdasco give Murray another straightforward hold.

Some early nerves appear to be afflicting Verdasco as he twice makes a Horlicks of his ball toss and double-faults, giving Murray 15-30. Another sharp drop shot from Murray brings up two break points, and the Scot seals the break with a howitzer forehand that gives Verdasco no chance. Great start from the top seed.

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An early loosener for Verdasco, floating a slice backhand long to hand Murray the first point. The Scot displays the variety that has become such a big part of his game since working with Amelie Mauresmo, chopping a delicious drop shot just over the net to leave Verdasco floundering. He seals the game when Verdasco overcooks a forehand.

The players have finished knocking up. Murray takes a last swig of the interesting looking concoction in his bottle and we're ready to go...

Is there something you've always wanted to know about Andy Murray? Well, now's your chance to ask him...

Today we're asking you to fire us your queries on Twitter using the hashtag #AskAndy.

The best ones will be put to Andy in a quickfire one-minute Q&A as part of his regular BBC Sport column.

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Murray has not been idle since winning his first-round match against Yen-Hsun Lu on Tuesday, with a doubles match yesterday and then a pre-match hit out on Court Two at 11am this morning.

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The British number one is enjoying the second of an unprecedented six-week stretch at home in Surrey, thanks to the extra week in the schedule after Roland Garros and Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against France back here at Queen's the week after Wimbledon.

Apparently he has used some of this time learning to cook scrambled eggs via YouTube - domestic bliss.

What else do you want to know about Fernando Verdasco?

Well, he's 31, from Madrid, a left-hander, used to be world number 7 but is now ranked 37. He's reached one Grand Slam semi-final, at the 2009 Australian Open, taking Rafael Nadal to five sets in a real humdinger.

He's a big fan of Oasis and once suggested that he would play a match listening to their music through headphones.

Weirder still, he practices mindfulness techniques during matches and apparently likes to "visualise soothing and romantic scenes to help dampen the stress of professional tennis". Don't ask...

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It might not be totally straightforward for Murray though. Because hang on, doesn't the man on the other side of the net look familiar?

Cast your minds back to 3 July 2013. With Wimbledon fever sweeping the country, Murray faced Verdasco in a quarter-final that was expected to prove one-sided.

However, it was anything but, as the Spaniard, usually thought of as a hard-court specialist, extended Murray to five breath-taking, nail-biting, hide-behind-the-sofa sets.

The Scot eventually came through 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-5 on his way to the title, but he won't have forgotten just how close Verdasco came to ending his Wimbledon dream.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Andy Murray's second-round Aegon Championships match against Fernando Verdasco.

It's another prime opportunity to get a look at our man before what could be a defining Wimbledon campaign.

Whoever wins this one will advance to the quarter-finals.

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Andy Murray might have enjoyed his best ever season on Europe's red clay, but there's nothing quite like getting back to the green, green grass of home.

He's got the pedigree behind him, with three Queen's Club titles already sitting on his increasingly full mantelpiece.

He's got the backing of a raucous - OK, occasionally raucous - home crowd.

And best of all, rather than having to contend with the likes of Nadal or Wawrinka in the closing stages, all the big names have started to fall rather obligingly by the wayside.

All he needs to do now to get his grass-court campaign off to the perfect start is avoid being upset himself. Easy, right?