<p class="title">Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray cruised to an important win on Monday, not at the US Open but at a second-tier Challenger Event against a teenager with just $150 in career earnings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Double Olympic champion Murray ($61 million in earnings), shunned the New York spotlights as he chased his first singles win since hip surgery in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">And the move paid off as he swept past French 17-year-old Imran Sibille 6-0, 6-1 who only squeezed into the draw as an alternate on his professional debut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After undergoing hip surgery in January following his first-round exit from the Australian Open, former world number one Murray began easing his way back by playing doubles, starting with a title at Queen's in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 32-year-old returned to singles this month and was beaten in straight sets by Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He then lost to American Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Monday's morale-boosting victory in Mallorca came at the tennis academy run by Rafael Nadal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Playing on the Challenger Tour for the first time in 14 years he required only 43 minutes to despatch Sibille, winning five of his seven breakpoints.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murray, whose ATP ranking has slipped to 328, next faces world number 115 Norbert Gombos of Slovakia in the second round on Tuesday.</p>
<p class="title">Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray cruised to an important win on Monday, not at the US Open but at a second-tier Challenger Event against a teenager with just $150 in career earnings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Double Olympic champion Murray ($61 million in earnings), shunned the New York spotlights as he chased his first singles win since hip surgery in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">And the move paid off as he swept past French 17-year-old Imran Sibille 6-0, 6-1 who only squeezed into the draw as an alternate on his professional debut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After undergoing hip surgery in January following his first-round exit from the Australian Open, former world number one Murray began easing his way back by playing doubles, starting with a title at Queen's in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 32-year-old returned to singles this month and was beaten in straight sets by Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He then lost to American Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Monday's morale-boosting victory in Mallorca came at the tennis academy run by Rafael Nadal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Playing on the Challenger Tour for the first time in 14 years he required only 43 minutes to despatch Sibille, winning five of his seven breakpoints.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murray, whose ATP ranking has slipped to 328, next faces world number 115 Norbert Gombos of Slovakia in the second round on Tuesday.</p>