Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

"Two 34-year-olds are going toe-to-toe in the fifth set on Court Two, and whoever loses out of Lleyton Hewitt and Jarkko Nieminen will not be back at Wimbledon next year - both have already said this is their final appearance at the AELTC.

"Jarkko has one noisy fan - who may actually be his coach - who keeps telling him to "go straight to the finish line". Shouldn't that be the Finnish line?

"Anyway, he is being drowned out by Hewitt's army of yellow-shirted "Fanatics" who have just launched into a chorus of "I believe that we will win". Nieminen has other ideas."

Pure Antipodean mongrel from Lleyton Hewitt as the 34-year-old edges a break of serve ahead in the fifth set against Jarkko Nieminen.

But Maria Sharapova is straight back at Johanna Konta, snatching back serve to level up in the second set.

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Lindsay Davenport
1999 Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

"After that first set, much better. Konta was a different player there. Much better, getting more pace on her shots, being more aggressive. That gets her a first break of the Sharapova serve."

Justine Henin
Seven-time Grand Slam champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"It's a good first game of the set for Konta, she clearly feels she's got nothing to lose now, and without that tension she can really play her own game and push Sharapova a little bit more."

Improving news from Centre Court, where Johanna Konta has broken in the opening game of the second set.

A quick whizz around what is going on elsewhere.

Kei Nishikori is 6-3 5-5 up on Simone Bolelli of Italy on Court One.

On court three, Milos Raonic is slowly blasting his way through Diego Gimeno Traver of Spain. He leads 6-2 6-3 1-1.

Lleyton Hewitt and Jarko Nieminen are grinding harder than a dancefloor pest, it is 2-2 in the fifth set of their marathon court two meeting.

You can check the live scores over on this page right here.

Justine Henin
Seven-time Grand Slam champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"Konta needs to keep doing what she's doing - but she needs to do it better. It's going to be tough from here because Sharapova has been just too good in this first set, and I hope the crowd can give Konta a little bit more support to help her try to change the course of this match."

Maria Sharapova has just had more in every department in the first set. Not a lot that Johanna Konta can do about that, except keep playing and hope that she hits a purple patch that might ruffle some feathers across the net.

Konta departs for a comfort break at the changeover. #

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Gem Dracup: Tommy Haas and Johnny Depp are like long lost twins.

David Melton: Sam Querry and Jordan Henderson

Johanna Konta is still playing catch-up on Maria Sharapova on Centre Court.

The Russian is just a single break up, but Konta is serving to stay in the set with the scoreboard showing a mountain to climb.

Lleyton Hewitt just loves a five-setter so much, he cannot wait to get there.

The grizzled Australian battler, champion at Wimbledon in 2002, chucks the fourth set away to love against Jarko Niemien to get down and dirty in a decider.

This just in from the BBC Weather centre. In summary, it's hot.

"It's 24 degrees this afternoon with the sun shining across SW19 and it will stay that way until the end of the day. Tomorrow will be even warmer at 30 degrees with lots of strong summer sunshine."

Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC TV

On his tip for this year's men's singles champion.

"I think it is very difficult to look past Djokovic. He has been the dominant force, we were thinking he could be coming here looking for the calendar grand slam and it took that Wawrinka performance to disrupt that.

"For me Djokovic is the favourite but Murray is a close second."

Johanna Konta slips up on her second service game, planting a forehand wide to surrender her serve to love and give Maria Sharapova something to get her teeth into.

Sharapova poured a big bucket of cold water on British hopes in a similar situation back in 2011, putting away a young Laura Robson in straight sets on Court One.

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This was the scene earlier today as Roger Federer took the underpass to the practice courts, leaving the insatiable mob of autograph hunters behind.

His Swissness plays Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur tomorrow.

Sam Smith
Former British number one on BBC TV

"It's very difficult for Johanna Konta not to lose her match before she goes on court. It's an ideal time to play a big name but it'll take her a set to get used to being out there.

"Maria Sharapova will be nervous, she's not competed for a few weeks now due to illness and she'll be nervous despite all she's achieved in the game."

Lindsay Davenport
1999 Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

Johanna Konta's Centre Court debut is underway against former Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova.

"Two impressive games. It is 1-1 but she has started off on the right foot, playing the style of tennis she wants to play. Good signs early from Konta."

Fernando Verdasco has finally brought the court 14 slog against Martin Klizan to a close, sealing his second round spot just four minutes short of four hours.

Novak Djokovic on BBC after his straight set victory over Germany's Phillip Kohlschreiber:

"Of course it's great to be back. This the cradle of our sport, Centre Court it doesn't get any bigger it is a privilege and honour to open this year's Wimbledon on Centre Court.

"As defending champion there is this history that is well respected here and considering the match I had a very tough opponent who can be very tricky on all surfaces and especially on the grass.

"Yes it could (have been tricky). I had got a break early in first and he broke straight back same thing in third. I made the crucial breaks at 5-4 in all three sets hopefully can stay that way."

On returning to the scene of his 2014 Wimbledon win.

"Of course only the dearest and best memories. You get butterflies in your stomach coming back to where you have won before."