Grigor Dimitrov said he was still adjusting to the rigours of competitive tennis after three months out with a pectoral injury but the former world number three was delighted to mark his return with a victory at the Paris Masters on Monday.

Dimitrov suffered the injury in the fourth round at Wimbledon in July when he was leading eventual champion Jannik Sinner by two sets to love, the 34-year-old Bulgarian retiring from the match in tears.

"It never happened to me (before), so I think I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole time away from the court," said Dimitrov, who enjoyed a 7-6(5) 6-1 victory over local hope Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in Paris.

"It was never easy. I knew coming to competition is just going to be a difficult task. I just wanted to come out and test myself,

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