<p>Andy Murray emerged unscathed as he completed a rain-delayed 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at the Aegon Championships on Thursday in his first match following a four-week break caused by a back injury. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The top seed, who missed the French Open after being struck down in Rome, needed only 45 minutes on day four of the Wimbledon warm-up event to ease past Mahut. <br /><br />Murray faces a busy day ahead at a cold and damp Queen’s Club. He will be back on court again for a third-round match against Australian Marinko Matosevic as organisers try to get the grasscourt event back on schedule. <br /><br />“It is tough to get into a rhythm with all the delays. I managed to get through it in the end and hopefully it's a good warm-up for later,” Murray said in a courtside interview. <br /><br />Resuming at 6-3, 2-2, Murray rattled through a brisk second set and brought up match point by threading a screaming forehand down the line winner. <br /><br />Moments later he finished off Mahut, who will long be remembered for his record 11 hour five minute epic against American John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010, with a blazing passing shot. <br /><br />Former champion Lleyton Hewitt showed he can still do damage on the slick grass as he hustled past big-serving American sixth seed Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a third-round encounter. <br /><br />Second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych also found his groove to record a 6-3, 6-4 third-round win over Slovenia’s Grega Zemlja.</p>
<p>Andy Murray emerged unscathed as he completed a rain-delayed 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at the Aegon Championships on Thursday in his first match following a four-week break caused by a back injury. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The top seed, who missed the French Open after being struck down in Rome, needed only 45 minutes on day four of the Wimbledon warm-up event to ease past Mahut. <br /><br />Murray faces a busy day ahead at a cold and damp Queen’s Club. He will be back on court again for a third-round match against Australian Marinko Matosevic as organisers try to get the grasscourt event back on schedule. <br /><br />“It is tough to get into a rhythm with all the delays. I managed to get through it in the end and hopefully it's a good warm-up for later,” Murray said in a courtside interview. <br /><br />Resuming at 6-3, 2-2, Murray rattled through a brisk second set and brought up match point by threading a screaming forehand down the line winner. <br /><br />Moments later he finished off Mahut, who will long be remembered for his record 11 hour five minute epic against American John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010, with a blazing passing shot. <br /><br />Former champion Lleyton Hewitt showed he can still do damage on the slick grass as he hustled past big-serving American sixth seed Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a third-round encounter. <br /><br />Second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych also found his groove to record a 6-3, 6-4 third-round win over Slovenia’s Grega Zemlja.</p>