World number two Jannik Sinner claimed a comfortable victory in his first match since losing to Novak Djokovic in Australian Open semi-finals.
The Italian won a straight sets victory against Czech Tomas Machac at the Qatar Open in Doha on Monday.
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Sinner won 6-1 6-4 – completing the first set in 27 minutes – and was later interviewed by former England footballer Rio Ferdinand.
Sinner will face Australian Alexei Popyrin in the round of 16, with the world number 53 beating local favorite Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-0 6-2.
Jakub Mensik, seeded sixth, is also through to the round of 16 after beating Briton Jan Choinski.
After losing a tie-break in the first set against the world number 124, the Czech number one recovered to win 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-4.
Rio Ferdinand moved to the Middle East last year (Getty Images)
