 Murray will have to improve his serve against Lopez in the semi-finals
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Britain's Andy Murray beat Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final.
Murray, playing his first event since splitting with coach Miles Maclagan, struggled with his serve throughout.
The Scot made just 42% of his first serves, well below the figure normally expected of a top player.
But Fallo could not take advantage as the Scot won 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 to set up a clash with Feliciano Lopez.
The first set was a tough battle for the world number four, who broke to go 3-2 up only for Fallo to instantly respond to recover to 3-3.
Both players had chances in the subsequent games, but the set went to a tiebreak which also went to 3-3 before Murray made his class count by winning four points in a row to take it.
Breaks were once again exchanged at the start of the second set, but Murray - despite a first-serve figure of just 38% for the set - stormed to five games in a row to end Falla's resistance.
Murray and Lopez have been practising together, and the 23-year-old said he would have his work cut out against the world number 27 in the semi-final.
"I haven't played him for a long time but we practise quite a lot and we know each other's games quite well," Murray told his personal website.
"It'll be a tough match."
Lopez, the world number 27, beat James Blake 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 to reach the last four.
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