"I played well," he told reporters. "Everything was working pretty good. I was able to finish a lot of the points up at the net.
"It's quite a quick surface here so if you can get the first strike in the rallies it's quite easy to sort of stay on top of the point.
"I enjoy it here and that's why I keep coming back. I'll be back next year as well."
The Briton, who is using the event to tune up for this month's Australian Open, will next meet Australian number one Nick Kyrgios on Wednesday.
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Ed Osmond)
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