Spain's Rafael Nadal made a winning return to tennis with a 6-4, 6-4 second round victory over Germany's Rainer Schuettler at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
The left-hander has been sidelined since being forced to retire in his Australian Open quarter-final against Andy Murray, but looked to be in good shape as he began the defence of a title he won 12 months ago.
He said after securing victory: "It was a good start in the conditions for me and I'm very happy.
"When I was playing in favour of the wind, it was very difficult for me with the backhand because I feel if I only touch the ball, the ball was out. It went too much.
"I feel really well with the forehand and that's very important to my game. Maybe I can play better in better conditions with the backhand."