China open
Murray beats US Open semi-finalist for best win since surgery
The 32-year-old defeated the US Open semi-finalist 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (9/7) in just over two hours in the first round in smoggy Beijing.
The 31-year-old Briton is battling to regain top form and fitness following hip surgery in January and said that he was "very sorry" to miss the China Open.
The 31-year-old was given a tough fight early on but Kyrgios’s challenge faded after he lost his temper and was docked a penalty point at 2-5 in the first set.
The top-seeded Spaniard eased to his 59th victory of the year, breaking sixth seed Isner at 5-4 and holding his nerve to sweep a second-set tiebreak.
Andy Murray took the first set and looked set to serve out the second when leading 5-4.
The Serbian showed no mercy against the Spaniard, who was hampered by a foot problem in the second set.
Nadal extracted a modicum of revenge on new Italian foe Fabio Fognini with a 7-5 6-3 win.
World number one Novak Djokovic destroyed Tomas Berdych in a lop-sided contest.
Russian Maria Sharapova overcame Czech Petra Kvitova 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the final moving up to No. 2.
World number one Novak Djokovic continued his love affair with the China Open on Saturday.
The world number one continued his march to a fifth China Open title by defeating Grigor Dimitrov.
The American also withdrew from last week’s Wuhan Open in China because of illness.
Nadal enjoyed an emphatic return to singles action as he powered past Richard Gasquet at the China Open.
The US Open champs kicked off their China Open campaigns with straight sets victories.
SA golfer Branden Grace has regained his consistency in the China Open.