Alex de Minaur has put recent Davis Cup disappointment behind him by powering his way into the second round of the ATP Tour's China Open.
The third-seeded Australian needed only 88 minutes to defeat Chinese wildcard Yunchaokete Bu 6-4 6-0 in his first Beijing outing.
After losing one of his two singles matches in a 3-2 defeat to Belgium in Sydney earlier this month, de Minaur broke Bu in the fifth game en route to taking the opening set on Friday.
The current world No.8, whose US Open hopes were ended in the quarter-finals by Canada's Felix Auger Aliassime, was even more impressive in the second set.
De Minaur fired down five aces and converted three of his five break-point opportunities.
He next faces Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, a 6-4 3-6 6-4 winner over tour veteran David Goffin.
Russian Daniil Medvedev, the 2023 finalist, opens his campaign against Brit Cameron Norrie, before second seed Alexander Zverev takes to the court in the final match of the day against Lorenzo Sonego.
Earlier on Friday, Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev and Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic were beaten in straight sets by Italian Flavio Cobolli and Czech Jakub Mensik.
