Good evening, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Alessandro Giannessi v Stanislas Wawrinka.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 5-7 Wawrinka: A final forced error on the Giannessi forehand, and Wawrinka takes the match in straight sets, albeit perhaps a slightly tougher prospect than he might have originally expected.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 5-6 Wawrinka: They're racing through these holds of serve now. A tie-break seems imminent.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 4-5 Wawrinka: Great serving from Wawrinka, with an ace in there plus a terrific forehand.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 4-4 Wawrinka: Another hold for Giannessi, with successive forced errors on Wawrinka.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 3-4 Wawrinka: Volleys being exchanged all over the place but Wawrinka can force the errors out of Giannessi when he needs to.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 3-3 Wawrinka: This is certainly gutsy from Giannessi - he's sticking with Wawrinka all the way and clinging on by his fingernails to stay in this match.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 2-3 Wawrinka: And a hold to love for Wawrinka as well.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 2-2 Wawrinka: Hold to love for Giannessi, finishing off with an ace.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 1-2 Wawrinka: All with serve so far in the third.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 0-1 Wawrinka: That second set took more than twice as long as the first - 65 minutes compared to 31.

Giannessi 1-6 6-7 Wawrinka: Stan Wawrinka gets out of jail. Giannessi is making errors on his forehand and takes the breaker 7-4.

Giannessi 1-6 6-6 Wawrinka: Bucketloads of forced errors on the Giannessi forehand and Wawrinka levels up.

Giannessi 1-6 6-5 Wawrinka: This is a really odd match - Giannessi now holds to love.

Giannessi 1-6 5-5 Wawrinka: This is more like it from Wawrinka. He's forcing errors and looking strong on the forehand.

Giannessi 1-6 5-4 Wawrinka: When it comes to the crunch, Wawrinka can force some errors of his own. Is that Giannessi's only chance he's just passed up?

Giannessi 1-6 5-3 Wawrinka: Wawrinka holds again, and now it's Giannessi's big moment. Can he deal with the pressure?

GIannessi 1-6 5-2 Wawrinka: Giannessi holds - and he's going to get chance to serve this second set out. Wow.

Giannessi 1-6 2-4 Wawrinka: Wawrinka is confused as to what's going on here, as are many observers. He manages to get himself another game but he's still a break down.

Giannessi 1-6 4-1 Wawrinka: Giannessi is forcing Wawrinka into errors all over the place now and is cruising in this second set, who'd have thought?