British number one and top Queen's seed Andy Murray brushed aside Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-1 6-4 to open his Aegon Championships campaign at Queen's Club with a victory.

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Murray raced through the first set and Seppi didn't break serve until the third game of a more even second set as he fought his way back into the match.

Murray was content to pick off his opponent from the baseline and had the 25-year-old on the run as soon as any rallies emerged.

The pair then traded solid service games, but Murray brought the encounter to an end inside an hour with a clinical step up in quality in the 17th game.

Seppi was the victor in the pair's only previous encounter on grass, but there seemed little chance of him repeating his 2006 success over Murray as he initially struggled with a poor serve. 

Murray will take on Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Thursday's third round as he hunts his first major title on grass.