Andy Murray breezed past teenager Imran Sibille as he continued his comeback from surgery at the Rafa Nadal Open.
Murray, currently ranked 329th in the world, won 6-0 6-1 in just 44 minutes in Mallorca on Monday evening.
Sibille, a trainee at the Rafa Nadal Academy which is hosting the event, avoided a whitewash by winning the penultimate game.
The 17-year-old Frenchman does not have an ATP ranking and stands at equal 2,792nd on the International Tennis Federation's system.
Andy is back! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻@andy_murray ha derrotado a Imran Sibille 6-0, 6-1 para acceder a la segunda ronda del #RafaNadalOpen by @Sothebys‼️ 👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Kr9wvlywMQ — Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (@rnadalacademy) August 26, 2019
Murray is due to face third seed Norbert Gombos, who is ranked 116th in the world, in the second round.
Three-time major winner Murray is building up his match fitness after the implantation of a metal hip in January.
He has played in two ATP Tour events and is now competing on the second-tier Challenger Tour for the first time since 2005.
The 32-year-old Scot pulled out of the doubles at the US Open to concentrate on his singles career.
