Refreshed after a fortnight's R&R, Alex de Minaur has returned to the court in winning style as top seed at the Rotterdam Open.
Runner-up at the past two editions in the Netherlands, de Minaur out-gunned heavy-hitting Frenchman Arthur Fils 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 to power into the second round for a sixth straight year.
The world No.8 was playing his first match since losing to the top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in last month's Australian Open quarter-finals.
