It was doubles delight for Britain's men as day one of the Fever-Tree Championships saw both Kyle Edmund and Jamie Murray progress at The Queen's Club.
Edmund and fellow Brit Neal Skupski looked dead and buried at 3-0 down in the second set against Grigor Dimitrov and Ryan Harrison, having lost the first 6-3.
But a sterling surge of grit and flair saw the Brits rein in their opposite numbers and snatch the second on a tiebreak to level the match.
And their momentum carried them through in the third and final shootout, winning 10-3 to the delight of the Queen's crowd.
After the match, Edmund tweeted: “Great to get off to a winning start in the doubles, can’t beat playing on grass on a day like this.”
It was a similarly dramatic encounter for Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, with the fourth seeds looking to defend the crown they won in 2017.
French hitters Fabrice Martin and Adrian Mannarino stood in their way, winning the opening set 6-4 to cause a scare and move within one set of victory.
But the favourites came back into it against their tenacious opponents, levelling the clash after a tiebreak in the second.
And a final-set shootout was edged by the experienced Murray and Soares, who prevailed 10-8 to book their place in the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere Jay Clarke and Cameron Norrie’s progress was halted with the young pair bowing out in the singles at the respective hands of Sam Querrey and Stanislas Wawrinka.
Derby teenager Clarke, making his Queen's Club debut, fought hard against the vastly experienced American, but Querrey’s nous paid off and he secured a 6-3 6-3 win.
Of Clarke, Querrey said: “He’s a great player – it’s always tough playing a British wildcard here. The first point I played I hit an ace and there was not a noise in the stadium, so I knew it was going to be a tough one.
“But he played great, he’s young and I’m sure he’ll be back here for years to come.”
Norrie came up against a Wawrinka who put in a powerful display as he battled to a 6-2 6-3 triumph.
Sportsbeat 2018