Djokovic 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-5, 4-4* Cobolli

Is something happening here? Djokovic, weary, hits the top of the net. 0-15, and chants of “Flavio, Flavio, Flavio!” boom around Centre. The umpire has to politely ask fans to quiet down before Djokovic’s serve.

Bet Novak will have some passive-aggressive comments about that at the end of the match… anyway, Cobolli overcooks one, so unlike an Italian, and immediately wrings his hands in a characteristically heart-on-sleeve Florentine manner.

30-15 Djokovic. Big serve, return well wide, 40-15, and this game has run away from Cobolli at breakneck speed after that error on 0-15. Djokovic rushes the net, sprinting in, but the ball goes straight downwards! 40-30, Cobolli apologises.

Ah, Cobolli nets, way down underneath the cord. Djokovic holds.