Hello and welcome to our LIVE match coverage as the flambouyant Aussie Nick Kyrgios faces Aljas Bedene, the British convert. Could be a cracker but surely the box office Kyrgios will have too much firepower...

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 6-4 BEDENE: GAME, SET, MATCH! Kyrgios starts with an ace but a fourth double gives Bedene a look and the Aussie then nets. A huge serve brings match point and Bedene nets as Kyrgios wins an entertaining match.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 5-4 BEDENE: Not over yet as Bedene holds to 30 but Kyrgios will serve for the match.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 5-3 BEDENE: Kyrgios ranting, raving and gesticulating. Who knows what about. Maybe a noise in the crowd. But another whiplash ace moves him to within a game of the second round.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 4-2 BEDENE: Crash, bang, wallop. Big hitting and an ace moves Kyrgios to 40-0 before he holds to 15. Almost there...

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 3-2 BEDENE: An amazing change of angle from Kyrgios, threading a backhand winner up the line. It doesn’t phase Bedene, who holds with an ace.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 3-1 BEDENE: Kyrgios letting his concentration slip and a double fault sends him 0-30 down. Bedene fires wide with a forehand but forces two break points. The Aussie missing with his first serve but it comes good when it matters and he digs deep to hold.

Nick Kyrgios in action.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 2-1 BEDENE: Bedene misses a glaring volley to concede two more break points but digs deep for a gutsy hold. Not over yet.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 2-0 BEDENE: A comfortable hold to 15 for Kyrgios but one extraordinary point at 40-0 where he seemed to get bored and try a drop volley winner from behind his back!

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 1-0 BEDENE: Alarm bells now for Bedene. He nets and Kyrgios has the early break at the start of this third set.

KYRGIOS 6-4 6-4 BEDENE: Kyrgios begins with successive aces and a backhand winner brings two set points. He seals it with a third ace.

KYRGIOS 6-4 5-4 BEDENE: Bedene keeps Kyrgios honest and asks the serve it out question.

KYRGIOS 6-4 5-3 BEDENE: More easy power from the Kyrgios forehand and he races to a love hold. Only a game away now.

KYRGIOS 6-4 4-3 BEDENE: Bedene winning a battle of the sliced backhands before sealing a hold to 15 with a backhand winner that even Kyrgios applauds. ‘Good shot mate’, he says as they walk to the chair.

KYRGIOS 6-4 4-2 BEDENE: Comfortable for Kyrgios on serve and he holds to love.

KYRGIOS 6-4 3-2 BEDENE: A more comfortable hold for Bedene, ending the rally with a volley that Kyrgios can’t control.

KYRGIOS 6-4 3-1 BEDENE: Kyrgios opens with a second double fault and then nets to give Bedene a look at 0-30. The Aussie gets the better of a 20 stroke rally but hits wide to concede break point. Bedene can’t take advantage and Kyrgios digs deep to hold.

KYRGIOS 6-4 2-1 BEDENE: BREAK! Kyrgios looking dangerous again, a scream of ‘come on!’ greets a forehand winner and the arrival of two break points. A deep serve saves the first and the Aussie then uncharacteristically hits long. Too casual from Kyrgios but a double fault brings a third break point and a backhand return winner up the line gets the job done.

KYRGIOS 6-4 1-1 BEDENE: An outrageous jumping forehand winner, almost a basketball move, it the highlight of the game and definitely one for the highlight reel as Kyrgios wraps up a hold to 15 with a glorious drop volley.