( CNN ) -- Britain 's Andy Murray began his clay court campaign with an impressive straight sets win over Serbia 's Viktor Troicki at the Monte Carlo Masters Tuesday . The world number four was the first of the big name seeds in action in the principality and wasted little time in dispatching Troicki 6-0 6-3 in a second round match . Murray reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 tournament last year and the French Open , beaten on both occasions by the 'king of clay ' Rafael Nadal . Troicki was able to muster little in the way of opposition and was whitewashed in a one-sided opening set . He was able to hold his service at the start of the second , but Murray broke again to edge ahead and a second break at 5-3 saw him close out victory in 67 minutes . The third seed , who is sporting a new close crop haircut , will meet either Julien Benneteau or Jurgen Melzer in the next round . `` It was good . I moved well , '' said Murray . `` I was sliding pretty well on the court . Normally that 's the thing that takes time to get used to . Normally for me that 's a good sign on the clay , whether I 'm playing well or not , '' he told the official ATP Tour website . Fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrated his 27th birthday with a 6-2 6-4 win over Germany 's Philipp Kohlschreiber in their second round match . The Frenchman was earning a tough third round clash against 13th-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco , who recovered from a set down to beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 3-6 6-3 6-1 . Dodig had brought down the curtain on the career of his compatriot Ivan Ljubicic Sunday with a straight sets win in their first round match . In first round action , Switzerland 's Stanislas Wawrinka shocked 10th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-4 , while Andreas Seppi of Italy beat Romania 's Victor Hanescu 6-3 6-1 to set up a meeting with Novak Djokovic . World number one Djokovic is hoping to end Nadal 's seven-year winning run in Monte Carlo having sat out the tournament last year . Both will be in action Wednesday with Nadal opening against Finn Jarkko Nieminen .
Third seed Andy Murray dismisses Viktor Troicki in straight sets . Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France also into Monte Carlo third round . Andreas Seppi earns second round match against Novak Djokovic . TL;DR