Andy Murray recorded his fourth win in three weeks by battling back from a set down to beat Juan Ignacio Londero in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.
Murray, who has risen from 503 to 289 in the world rankings after reaching the quarter-finals in Beijing last week before falling to Dominic Thiem, had to do things the hard way, having lost the opening set.
However, the three-time Grand Slam champion found a way to get over the finish line, with more flashes of his trademark all-court game enough to see off world No 56 Londero 2-6 6-2 6-3.
The former world No 1 is using the Chinese swing of the ATP Tour for some much-needed match practice as he aims to get back to his best and, after a run to the last eight last week, he will hope for at least more of the same in Shanghai.
The event features Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, but Murray’s immediate thoughts are trained on Fabio Fognini, the world No 12, who has his sights set on a place at the year-end ATP Finals in London.
Murray will get a day’s rest before he faces the Italian, and will hope for a similar showing to his hugely-impressive victory over Fognini’s compatriot Matteo Barrettini last week.