Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet are just about ready to go.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 4-6 FEDERER: Lots of exchanged backhands, but eventually Federer takes his match point, wrapping this up in less than two hours.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 4-5 FEDERER: Straightforward service game for Federer, who'll want to truncate this match as best he can now.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 4-4 FEDERER: Gasquet is pelting these serves down Federer's throat now. Powerful.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 3-4 FEDERER: First break for Gasquet, who takes advantage of a Federer who looks like he eased back just a bit.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 2-4 FEDERER: Much improved service game from Gasquet, tempting Federer into errors.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 1-4 FEDERER: There's a kind of festival atmosphere in the stands now. They did spend some time urging Gasquet on so they could enjoy more of this match, but looks like that's not had much effect, so instead, there's singing and general merriment.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 1-3 FEDERER: Gasquet stares down Federer and gets on the board in this third set.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 0-3 FEDERER: A consolidation of serve from Federer, who's put his foot to the floor in this third.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 0-2 FEDERER: Early break for Roger Federer, and the camera pans to an applauding Rod Laver.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 0-1 FEDERER: Gasquet takes a break off court, and when he returns it's back to the grind of facing the Federer serve.

GASQUET 2-6 5-7 FEDERER: Gasquet challenges on set point, but Federer is already over at his chair, revelling in his two-set lead.

GASQUET 2-6 5-6 FEDERER: Right, so now Gasquet has to serve to stay in this second set. At the moment you'd expect a tie-break is imminent. Wouldn't you?

GASQUET 2-6 5-5 FEDERER: This is good serving from Richard Gasquet, who has worked out how to get the ball past Federer at the other end.

GASQUET 2-6 4-5 FEDERER: Gasquet is much more in this set than he was in the first, but there's nothing quite there that suggests he might break the Federer serve.

GASQUET 2-6 4-4 FEDERER: Federer-esque volleying from Gasquet, a double fault, and now HawkEye is back as well. It's all happening.