ANDY MURRAY recorded his first victory since back surgery in convincing fashion against Stanislas Wawrinka in Abu Dhabi.
The Wimbledon champion looked pretty sharp as he saw off world No.8 Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to finish fifth at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition.
Murray had opened his season on Boxing Day with defeat by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his first proper match since helping Great Britain beat Croatia to reach the Davis Cup World Group in September.
He had a minor operation on a long-standing back problem later that month, bringing an early end to his season.
After training hard in Miami over the past six weeks, Murray was happy with his fitness against Tsonga and he looked to have shaken off some of the rust when he faced Wawrinka.
Speaking on court, the 26-year-old said: "It was good to get two matches against top players.
"Everyone needs matches at this stage, especially me. It's been a perfect start and hopefully I'll get better."
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article