British number one Tim Henman swept past Spain's Tommy Robredo to reach round two of the ABN Amro in Rotterdam.
Henman came through 7-5 6-2 to set up a meeting with Czech Tomas Cakl, who beat Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman.
"It felt good tonight," said Henman. "It has been a couple of weeks since I played a match and my serving was very consistent.
"This match gives me confidence. I feel happy about the improvements I made. I think this was a good quality match."
The Briton was making his first outing since the disappointing loss to Guillermo Canas at the Australian Open.
Two backhand winners gave him a break in the final game of the opening set.
He then broke the Spaniard again to go 3-1 up in the second set and served out comfortably for his third win in three meetings with Robredo.
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