Hello and welcome to updates of a tasty-looking third round encounter between home favourite, Nick Kyrgios and Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It's the first match up on Rod Laver Arena in the Day 5 night session.

TSONGA 6-5 KYRGIOS. The Frenchman appears to be enjoying the underdog role in front of a crowd packed-full of Aussies. He cruises through another hold to guarantee himself the minimum of a tie break.

TSONGA 5-5 KYRGIOS. The Aussie comes through a tricky situation, firing down a pair of aces from 15-30 to lead. Tsonga digs in and forces his opponent to deuce. The nerves jangle for the home favourite, who lands another ace and humorously beckons for a JW attempt to drop long. He survives to keep his hopes of nicking this opener alive.

TSONGA 5-4 KYRGIOS. Tsonga may have been broken, but aside from that one game, his serving and follow-ups have been magnificent. As ever, he looks as cool as a cucumber as he turns up the scoreboard pressure on Nick at the business end of the set.

TSONGA 4-4 KYRGIOS. Nick corks a beauty of a backhand on his way to levelling it up. Some super tennis being played at times.

TSONGA 4-3 KYRGIOS. The Frenchman nails a pair of aces to get himself in front on the scoreboard. It's been an intriguing and entertaining encounter so far - but what do you from these two showmen?

BREAK! - TSONGA 3-3 KYRGIOS. A huge slice of luck sees a Tsonga approach hit the net on his second break point. It bobbles over with Kyrgios stranded in mid court. The Aussie had saved one BP with a sweeping pass down the line, but could do little with the second. Unlucky and all square.

TSONGA 1-3 KYRGIOS. The No.17 seed backs up the break with a confident hold. Just what this home crowd were hoping for - good Nick has turned up.

BREAK! - TSONGA 1-2 KYRGIOS. First blood to the Aussie. Nick is looking pretty sharp here.

TSONGA 1-1 KYRGIOS. The Aussie responds in kind with a clinical and almost effortless service game. All square in double-quick time.

TSONGA 1-0 KYRGIOS. A perfect start for JW as he cruises to a live hold to open.

Highlights: Sublime Kyrgios defeats Troicki.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: The players have met just once before with Tsonga taking it in a deciding set when they clashed in the semi finals in Marseille last year.