Updates from the 6pm GMT match at London’s O2 CentrePiqué says revamped Davis Cup is ‘project of my life’Email Tumaini | or tweet @tumcarayol 6.47pm GMT
First set: Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-3* Dominic Thiem: Goodness. Now it’s time for Tsitsipas to save two break points and dig out a hold. The Greek started off sloppy, with four bad forehand errors throughout the game, but he saved the first with a genius piece of decision making - a serve and volley off his second serve. Thiem was completely blindsided and offered up an easy floaty return from deep in the court.
But on the second break point, Thiem was badly robbed. He was standing on top of the baseline and landing huge blows when the linesman called Tsitsipas’ defensive forehand out. Thiem immediately knew the call was wrong, and hawkeye confirmed. Tsitsipas responded with a huge forehand to save the break point and he found his serve to dig out the hold. 6.38pm GMT
First set: Stefanos Tsitsipas *3-3 Dominic Thiem: Another great hold for Dominic Thiem. This time he dug it out after missed a pretty appalling forehand at 15-30. He responded by playing two brilliant points in a row, standing on the baseline and pummelling forehands drom side to side. He forced a Tsitsipas backhand error on the first point, then slipped into the net and played a great volley. He held with a big unreturned serve.
Thiem is having to work much harder for his service games, but so far he is more than equal to it.