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Novak Djokovic overcame Alex Michelsen in two close sets at the Shanghai Masters to make an impressive winning return to action. 

The Serbian icon prevailed 7-6(3), 7-6(9) against the world No 43 in a high-quality second round encounter at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

Djokovic made a slow start to fall 0-3 behind, but he responded strongly and battled back from a 1-4 deficit to take the opening set.

The world No 4 was in a commanding position at 4-1, 40-15 on Michelsen’s serve in the second set, but the 20-year-old American showed his resilience to break back and force a tiebreak.

Djokovic survived two Michelsen set points in the tiebreak before converting his third match point to seal a hard-fought win in his first match in China since 2019.

The tennis legend has now won 33 consecutive ATP matches against American opponents, with his last defeat coming against Sam Querrey at Wimbledon in 2016.

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The 37-year-old was playing just his second match since his shock third round loss to Alexei Popyrin at the end of August, having crushed Greece’s Ioannis Xilas in a Davis Cup rubber three weeks ago.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion’s level was encouraging given his lack of recent action and the questions over his motivation.