The Scot reached the last-32 at the BNP Paribas Open last week but conditions in Indian Wells differ slightly to Miami, even if the former world number one felt he had been practising well in recent days.
The 35-year-old, who won this event in 2009 and 2013, felt restricted throughout and delivered an off-colour showing as he crashed to a 6-4 7-5 defeat to his Serbian opponent, ranked 76th in the world.
"It's a very different court here, very bouncy and much faster than last week," Murray, currently 52nd in the world, said. "It was very different to the practice courts.
"I served pretty well but the rest of the game was a bit of a problem. My timing was off a bit, the ball was obviously bouncing up a bit higher and I just mistimed quite a few balls.
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