- - That's a gutsy one from the Russian - she looked dead and buried early in that final set at 3-0, but credit to her for fighting back. From the way Amelie Mauresmo looked around as she left Centre Court, we can't help wondering if that's the last time we'll see her at Wimbledon though...

- - Three good serves, and it's 40-0 to the Russian: three match points...

- - Mauresmo just overdoes a couple of backhand slices, and it's two break points to the Russian... The game is there for her now if she can grasp it.

- - Safina saves the second break point with a crunching cross-court forehand from mid-court... then puts in a very gutsy challenge on the next point, stopping play to do so - and risking losing a live point if she's wrong. But she's not, and it's advantage Safina.

- - After the loss of that point a double fault from Safina helps Mauresmo rack up a pair of break points...

3-4 - A brilliant overhead smash by Mauresmo gives the Frenchwoman 40-15 after Safina's blistering return gave the Russian the previous point - and then a quite stunning half-volley drop shot gives her the game, creeping up over the net before falling almost vertically to the turf.

- - An ace for Safina starts the next game - and she punches the air in delight! Three games ago she looked done for, where on earth has this second wind come from?

- - Three break points for Safina - they've come from nowehere with a trio of unforced errors from Mauresmo!

0-3 - Mauresmo crushes a brilliant winner down the line that utterly wrong-foots the ever more tired-looking Safina, and she's now just three games away from the quarter-final...

- - The lack of breeze seems to be having a real effect: both players - Safina in particular - are absolutely pouring sweat now. And Mauresmo has another break point...

- - Is it just us or is Safina starting to look a little tired just now? Her grunting is much louder now, and she's just slapped a pair of very weak-looking backhands into the net to fluff a 40-15 lead into a deuce game.

6-3 - A very straightforward hold of serve gives Safina an excellent second set. Her serves were more accurate in that set, she made fewer mistakes, and gave her opponent nothing to work with there. Much more like it from the world number one.

- - Mauresmo seems comfortable at 40-15, but then an unforced error into the net and a double fault and we're suddenly at deuce.

4-2 - Mauresmo is pushed hard by the Russian in that one, but then the Frenchwoman clobbers a few hefty serves - including a couple of aces - which see her hold.

- - Dinara Safina wins the point by running in to the net and chipping down the line past her opponent.

- - The players are enjoying their warm-up in the new stadium: it's all a bit space age, with the natural light pouring through the glass, the supplementary floodlights shining bright - and the crowd noise already reverberating through the stadium in totally new way.

- - Apparently the vagaries of the air circulation system means two things: first, that they can't get going straight away in case the condensation makes the grass damp and slippery; and then the roof will have to stay closed for the remainder of this match. But they could open it in time for Andy Murray. Hope that's clear.

- - Just to confirm, this is the first time that the roof has been closed - and it means that the crowd will have a roof to raise during Andy Murray's match later! Unless, of course, it's stopped by then...

- - It's not exactly heavy rain - apparently play is still continuing on court 2 - and with the rain apparently going to pass fairly quickly, it seems as if they're not even going to close the roof. D'oh!

4-1 - Safina has started finding the angles, power and precision to take Mauresmo out of the reckoning here: a perfect winner on the line and she holds brilliantly and looks nailed on to take this second set.

2-1 - Top quality recovery from Safina as she cracks an ace straight down the centre to hang on. Surviving that one will be a massive tonic for the Russian.

- - Fantastic point by Mauresmo! Safina takes the upper hand from the serve, but Mauresmo just kept on getting the ball back in play despite everything the Russian threw at her - until Safina then stuck the ball in the net under no pressure at all! It's back to deuce...

1-1 - Challenges all over the place there, first Safina challenging successfully to take a break point at advantage, then Mauresmo unsuccessfully to avoid losing the game on the next point. That's the break back, and it'll be a huge boost to the world number one.

- - Mauresmo continues pulling Safina all over the court with wide, well-angled shotmaking - she's giving the Russian a terrific work-out if nothing else.

0-1 - Another break of serve for Mauresmo, earned with a terrific drop-return that Safina backhands clumsily into the tramlines. The Russian is in critical trouble here against an opponent who seems to have her number.

4-5 - Much better tennis from Safina there, hitting her serves noticeably better than in her last couple of service games and winning the game for the loss of just one point. It's early days - but the pattern so far suggests this could be a real ding-dong battle.

3-4 - Cripes - Safina seems to have lost it all of a sudden. Good play from the French player and a double fault help give up a break point, and another double-fault from the Russian ses her lose her serve!

3-2 - Terrific break back for Mauresmo! The French player looked purposeful and attacking throughout that game, looking for chances on her opponents serve and bamboozling the world number one with the sort of grass-specific tactics - presumably unfamiliar to Safina, given their rarity on tour - that could win her this match.

3-0 - Safina looks totally in control here at the moment, keeping the veteran at bay and looking for all the world as if her first appearance on Centre Court this year is just another afternoon out playing tennis in the park.

- - It's a spookily empty Centre Court at the moment - with Federer having played earlier and Murray due up next, it's a chance for the crowd to stretch their legs and get the strawberries and cream in.

0-0 - The match is under way and it'll be Safina who serves first here this afternoon.

- - Afternoon everyone: it's a fascinating women's fourth round match in prospect here between Amelie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina.