Good evening and welcome to our live text commentary of Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic!

WINNER! Cracking opening point from Djokovic, playing more of that freeflowing tennis from the baseline and dragging Nadal from side to side, going 15-0 up on the Spaniard's serve. Nadal responds with an outrageous serve - sliding so wide that there's nothing Djokovic can do. The Serb does get a racquet to a serve down the line, but follows it up with a forehand into the net. Nadal earns a first match point with a 103mph ace out wide, and converts it with another serve that Djokovic returns wide

He gets a second game to his name in comfortable fashion - as Nadal takes his foot off the gas. Nadal sends a tame forehand into the tramlines to go 30-0 up, and watches a forehand return sail over his head and out for 40-0. Nadal pounces on a weak second serve for 40-15, but Djokovic secures a morale-boosting hold of serve to keep his slender chances of a comeback alive

The crowd roars as Rafael Nadal moves one game closer to victory with a swerving smash from the service line - finishing off another comfortable hold against a game (but clearly struggling) Djokovic.

That's more like it! Djokovic goes 15-0 up with some brilliant ground-strokes to the baseline corners, before clipping a limp forehand on the run into the net for 15-all. The pace seems to drop a notch in the third point, but Djokovic hits two or three shots that should be winners, but Nadal somehow claws them back in. Djokovic goes 30-15 up with a perfect volley to the left basline corner, and a couple of huge serves secure a first game on the board in this second set!

Djokovic looks to be sinking with a whimper as his gets his footwork all wrong and batting a return well out for 0-30 on Nadal's serve. The earns a brief reprieve at 30-15, but overhits a forehand over the baseline for 40-15, and hands Nadal a four-game advantage with another woeful return. The life has been sucked out of this match now, Djokovic just can't compete.

BREAK! Djokovic finds himself 30-15 down on serve, but digs himself out of trouble with a huge serve. His first serve percentage has dropped considerable since midway through the opening set (from the 70s to the 50s), and he's just not getting any easy points on serve any more. Djokovic again comes into the net, and again fails to pass it with a volley to hand Nadal a double-break point. The Serb throws everything at the final point, but Nadal converts with an absolutely tremendous forehand.

Much better from Djokovic, returning Nadal's heavy top-spin with venomous intent, and watching a forehand drop beyond the basline for 30-15 against the Spaniard's serve. A wayward return sends the score to 30-all, and another unconvincing approach shot from the Serb is thrashed crosscourt by Nadal for a single game point. Djokovic slams the ball from side to side on the final point, but sends a volley into the net to hand the game to Nadal.

BREAK! Djokovic starts the second set as he finished the first - lashing a forehand wide of the tramlines and immediately clutching his eyes. He follows it up with a backhand into the net, and the disappointment in the Arena is tangible - the world number three is a mere shadow of the man who emerged for the first set. He sends a forehand a yard wide of the left tramline to give Nadal three break points, but surrenders the break on the first with a volley beyond the baseline.

Nadal is also visibly annoyed at the moment, storming around in the shadows and remonstrating with an official. Not sure what that's all about...

Djokovic cuts a forlorn figure at the moment - slamming a water bottle into the ground and remonstrating with the trainer and the doctor about his eyes.

SET! Djokovic loops a long forehand long of the baseline after a vicious, spinning forehand from Nadal proved too hot to handle. It's set-point Nadal... CONVERTED! Djokovic lashes his return into the very bottom of the net, and immediately clutches his eyes again. He's not happy at all, and he's got a mammoth task ahead of him now.

Nadal cheers as he thinks a wide forehand clips the line, but the line judge calls it out late. Hawkeye confirms it, and that's another break point! Nadal saves it again with a terrific crosscourt forehand to the right baseline corner, before giving Djokovic a third break point with a wild forehand wide of the opposite corner! Once again, the world number one saves it, thrashing another forehand at the baseline and watching Djokovic hack a lob into the tramlines...

Djokovic hits a return into the net to let Nadal up to 30-15, but Nadal returns the favour on the next point - netting a simple volley to let the Serb back to 30-all. Another tremendous rally ensues, and Djokovic gets a huge slice of luck as a looping forehand drops right onto the baseline, and Nadal nets the return! Break point Djokovic... NADAL SAVES IT! He drags Djokovic left and right, and the Serb nets a forehand from the baseline for deuce...

Djokovic finds the left baseline corner with a lovely two-handed backhand, and charges into the net. Nadal puts the ball down at his feet and Djokovic hovers in no-mans land on the service line! Nadal sends a backhand into the net to let the Serb off the hook, but claws his way back to 15-all as Djokovic hooks a forehand wildly high and wide of the left tramlines. Djokovic is wiping his eyes after every single point now, and that's not a good sign for the Serb's temperament...

BREAK! Nadal suddenly puts himself into the ascendancy on Djokovic's serve, storming to 30-15 with Djokovic completely losing his rhythm. The Serb hammers a ferocious second serve into the net to give Nadal two break points, and doesn't look at all comfortable serving at the moment! Nadal gives his second serve short thrift again, and Djokovic surrenders the break with a forehand long of the baseline! He bounced the ball 10 times on that last serve - a tell-tale sign of nerves!

Djokovic returns a solid serve into the net on the first point, before again clawing at his eyes. Nadal fires the next serve into Djokovic's body, and the Serb can only return it into the sidelines. Nadal deals swiftly with a limp Djokovic return by clattering it into the right baseline corner, before sealing the hold to love with one last, huge serve. Perfect response from the Spaniard, but that seven minute break has taken this match off the boil somewhat

Djokovic is back out, and wins the first point with a huge serve down the middle, and Nadal finds himself 40-0 down in a matter of seconds as Djokovic really gets that serve ticking over nicely. The Spaniard tries to pounce on the final serve with a forehand down the line, but he can't guide the ball inside the sideline and Djokovic holds! The most straight-forward game we've had in half an hour, lets see how Rafa responds!

Djokovic sprints off to the changing rooms to change his contact lenses, and we'll have a brief break in play in this fast-becoming mammoth set! 50 minutes in, and counting...

Djokovic apologises to Nadal for the break in play, and comes back onto the court. He sends a forehand return into the net, and again paws at his eye. The linejudge calls a Nadal forehand out on the left sideline, but the umpire overrules. Let. He drags Djokovic back out to the left sideline with a backhand, before slamming a crosscourt forehand into the right baseline corner to go 40-0 up. A huge serve from the Spaniard seals the game!

Djokovic mis-hits a backhand long over the baseline to kick-off game eight, and calls for the trainer to get something put in his eye! I'm guessing this is some sort of contact-lense issue, but the Serb certainly looks uncomfortable at the moment...