4-5 - Benneteau has cut both of knees.

4-4 - Benneteau played a delicate drop shot at 15-30 to keep the Serbian away from break point. He tried to repeat the trick at deuce but could only set Novak up for winner. Djokovic could not convert, but did on his next chance....or at least he thought he had. Benneteau challenged the call and the point was over turned. The Frenchman took the remaining points to hang on...just.

3-3 - Benneteau makes two mistakes, a double fault and a forehand long. He recovers though, and we remain on serve.

2-2 - Benneteau will not be wanting to get into too many long rallies, but he won that won. After 21 shots, the ball ricocheted off of his racquet and up into the stands. The Serbian hopefully looks at his racquet, looking for a broken string. There was no excuse for him and this match is back on.

1-1 - A long punishing rally forces Benneteau to put the ball into the net. That gives Novak two break points. He puts the first wide and has the second taken away from him by a delicate drop shot from mid court. Djokovic needed to play a similar shot on the next point but could only put it into the net. Benneteau puts home the winner next up and he holds his serve.

2-6 - Benneteau beats Djokovic with a delicate drop shot at the net, but the Serb fights back to deuce. A drained-looking Benneateau hits the net to give Djokovic advantage, and the Frenchman then fires a forehand wide of court to go a frame down!

1-5 - Benneteau shows he is still match-fit as he skulks up to the net to hit a great volleyed winner out of Djokovic's reach. He goes on to hold easily, but then djokovic has plenty of breathing space.

0-5 - Djokovic delivers two aces en route to holding serve once more and move within a game of taking the lead for the first time in this match.

-- - Benneteau gets a big ovation as he comes back on to court at the end of the three minutes, seemingly not requiring further attention.

-- - Djokovic's long forehand hits the wrong side of the baseline, and Benneteau has two chances to break right back! Djokovic remains resolute at the baseline to save one, and Benneteau can only return into the net for the other.

-- - Djokovic slips over as he is caught off balance by a Benneteau winner. The players have been slipping around all day on Centre Court. He recovers well to earn his first break point of the match, but he is robbed of it by a fortunate clip off the net from Benneteau.

1-7 - Djokovic fires a return right back past Benneteau to level the match at 1-1!

1-4 - Benneteau ends a rally by hitting the net, and then again on his second service point to go 4-1 down.

0-1 - Benneteau opens serving in the tie-break, and Djokovic positions himself perfectly to drive a forehand winner past the Frenchman, getting a valuable mini-break in the process.

6-5 - More unplayable serving from Benneteau, and he rounds off an excellent love game with a sublime slice that Djokovic doesn't even bother going for!

5-4 - Some great pitter-patter play at the net as Djokovic's cross-court drop shot is knocked back over by Benneteau to end the rally. Djokovic then returns into the net for yet another love service game.

4-3 - A nice two-hander down the line has the beating of Djokovic and helps Benneteau up to 40-0. Djokovic goes on the attack, but a well-disguised two-hander sees Benneteau hold to 30.

3-2 - A couple of solid Benneteau serves get the better of Djokoivc, the last one returned into the net for the Frenchman to hold.

2-1 - Benneteau responds with a love game of his own. The man who is not even in the top 10 players in France is looking good against the man with a grand slam under his belt.

1-0 - Benneteau drills a superb two-handed winner to open the second set with a hold of serve - which doesn't always happen after winning a tie-break.

10-8 - Benneteau wrongfoots Djokovic with a delightful sliced drop shot that sees him take the opening set off the world number four! A thrilling breaker that the Frnechman deserved to win.

8-7 - A good Benneteau serve can only be returned into the net. A carbon copy of that point sees the Frenchman earn a set point.

6-5 - Benneateau sees one smash at the net returned to him, but the second is way out of reach for Djokovic. The Serb then overhits a shot in the rally to give Benneateau a set point.

4-3 - Another great rally is won by Benneteau. The crowd are really getting behind him now, but he fires into the net to keep Djokovic in touch.

1-2 - Benneteau stumble en route to the net and Djokovic hits the winner with him still on the floor! The Serb hits the other Benneteau serve into the net.

6-6 - Benneteau is on the verge of taking this set to a tie-break, but Djokovic wrongfoots him superbly at the net to send a forehand past him, and a long forehand from the Frnechman sees this game go to deuce. Bennetea serves up an ace - Djokovic challenges incorrectly, and then hits the net, so we have a tie-break!

5-5 - No messing around from Benneteau, who holds to love against the world number four.

4-4 - Benneteau opens with an ace, followed by a Djokovic return into the net. The former Aussie Open champion makes amends with a cracking forehand right into the corner, but another Benneteau ace and a backhand at the net are enough to keep this set on serve.

3-3 - Quite a few unforced errors have already crept into Djokovic's game. His string of aces are hiding it on his own serve, but he is yet to really challenge Benneteau on his, the Frenchman holding to 30 in this game.

2-2 - The first eye-catching point of the match sees Djokovic scurry across court and back again, but all in vain as Benneteau has a simple tap over the net for 40-30.Djokovic pulls the game back to deuce, but cannot stop Benneteau from holding.

1-1 - Djokovic pushes Benneteau to 30 on his serve, but the Frenchman eventually holds.

-- - Get up to speed with who is already through to the next round and who now has two free weeks in South-West London to kill here: Day One: Men's report

-- - The winner of this match will face either Germany's Simon Greul or Michael Yani of USA. Men's drawsheet