Britain’s Andy Murray defeated Chinese language wildcard Ye Cong Mo to win his opening match of the Zhuhai Championships.
The previous world primary battled “very humid” situations to beat Mo 7-5 6-3 and attain the final 16.
“It was a really, very quick court docket,” he mentioned.
“My opponent performed a strong stage in the beginning of the match and pushed me whereas I used to be attempting to regulate to the situations.
“As soon as I managed to get forward in the beginning of the second set, I felt a bit extra comfy but it surely wasn’t straightforward and plenty of the gamers have mentioned the identical factor.”
The opening set was aggressive and on serve till Murray broke the Chinese language wildcard within the ultimate recreation to edge the set 7-5.
Murray then fought off 4 break factors in his first two service video games within the second set, earlier than breaking for a 3-1 lead and sustaining the benefit.
He served his tenth ace within the match to win on his first and solely match level.
It was the 36-year-old’s first match since serving to Nice Britain attain the quarter-finals of the Davies Cup.
He’ll now face Aslan Karatsev, who beat Murray of their solely profession meting on the 2022 Sydney Basic ultimate.