Albert Ramos-Vinolas scored his second upset at the Monte Carlo Masters as the 15th seed beat fifth seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 on Friday.
Murray lost the contest at 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday, in a match that lasted more than 2-and-a-half hours.
Murray, the French Open finalist previous year, has never won here, while the fourth-seeded Nadal is aiming for a 10th title in Monte Carlo.
Nadal served out the opener to love and broke at the first time in the second when Zverev went long with a stooped backhand at the end of a long rally.
He kept his head in the Monaco sunshine even after Murray, who ended up being broken seven times in a match with 13 service breaks, had romped to a 4-0 advantage with the loss of just three points.
Murray struggled to overcome Gilles Muller in the last 32 on Wednesday and after a inconsistent start, he took control of the first set against Ramos-Vinola racing away from 2-2 to take it 6-2.
However, Ramos-Vinolas staged a brilliant late comeback to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and pick up his first win over a world number one.
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The tennis expert believes that it's not all that bad for Murray after falling to Ramos-Vinolas in such a way.
Cuevas had never beaten a top-four player before stepping out on court against Wawrinka, but needed just the two sets to put that record right.
The world No. 1 was joined in the third round by nine-time tournament champion Rafael Nadal, who held off British surprise-package Kyle Edmund 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the Spaniard's 400th career match on clay.
Ninth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych outlasted German Tommy Haas, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Nadal, aiming for his 50th clay court title, will next face Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, who defeated Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-0.
Ramos-Vinolas then edged ahead, with Murray saving a match point in the final game but the reigning Wimbledon and Olympic champion missed on a drop shot to hand a shock win to his opponent.
From nowhere, Carreno-Busta went on a five-game winning streak, holding firm to take the second set and force a decider. Bopanna and Cuevas overcame a strong challenge to win the first round clash 6-3, 6-7, 10-2 in one hour and 27 minutes at the Monte Carlo Country Club.
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