Monday 9 October 2017 16:20, UK
British No 2 Kyle Edmund overcame a nervy start to eventually ease past Jiri Vesely at the Shanghai Masters.
The 22-year-old suffered an early break in the first set before composing himself and strutting to a 6-3 6-2 success in the first round in China.
Edmund had already saved three break points in his opening service game before Vesely broke in his next, but the Czech's advantage was short-lived.
The Briton immediately took Vesely's serve back and then broke again as he claimed the first set in 38 minutes.
And in the second set, Edmund flexed his muscles with some outstanding groundstrokes, again sealing back-to-back breaks to take it 6-2.
The win sets up a second-round meeting with fourth seed and Wimbledon runner-up Marin Cilic on Tuesday, when Aljaz Bedene is in first-round action against Paolo Lorenzi.
Ninth-ranked Roberto Bautista Agut suffered a 6-4 6-3 defeat at the hands of 21-year-old Chung Hyeon from South Korea.
The Spanish world No 13 was beaten in last year's final by Andy Murray.
World No 38 Benoit Paire is also out after the Frenchman lost 6-4 6-4 to 19-year-old American Frances Tiafo and Greek qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Russian Karen Khachanov 7-5 6-3.
Juan Martin Del Potro, though, avoided an upset when the 16th seed from Argentina came through in three sets, 6-2 3-6 6-4, against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.
There were also wins for Feliciano Lopez, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Richard Gasquet, Andrey Rublev and Chinese player Di Wu.
The Shanghai Masters is live on Sky Sports throughout the week with coverage on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event continuing on Tuesday from 6am
Sky Sports Tennis will have all the action from the Shanghai Masters before we head to the Erste Bank Open and Swiss Indoors Basel and then the Paris Masters.
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