Andy Murray's eagerly-awaited return to competitive tennis began successfully as the Scot partnered Feliciano Lopez to victory at Queen's Club in a late Thursday evening clash.
Former world No1 and three-time Grand Slam winner Murray is making his tentative comeback from what he hopes was career-saving hip surgery in the doubles at the Fever-Tree Championships.
And a bumper Centre-Court crowd was treated to some vintage Murray as the five-time Queen's singles champion - who last featured at the Australian Open in January - and his Spanish partner ran out 7-6 (5) 6-3 winners over Colombian top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
"It was brilliant, I enjoyed it a lot," Murray told the BBC afterwards. "I was a bit slow at the beginning but got better as the match went along.
"I'm really fortunate to be playing tennis again. I absolutely love playing on this court, it's a brilliant place to play.
"I felt quite relaxed in the build-up, but we said as we were walking on to the court that we were starting to feel a bit nervous. But you need those butterflies."
Additional reporting by the Press Association.
