Novak Djokovic coasts through his first service game of the day to love. It is like he has never been away.

Two regulation points rattled away before Andy Murray gets a bit of frame on an arcing serve down the middle, but cannot fend his return back into play. 40-0.

Murray gets a look at a second serve on the next point, but Djokovic tickles away an inch-perfect drop-shot to seal the game.

Ominous. Gauntlet laid down and Murray playing catch-up on the scoreboard.

Novak Djokovic necks some grapes and takes a swig of a something that looks a lot like a strawberry milkshake.

Andy Murray takes an extra moment, another wipe of his towel before stepping up to receive serve.

We are ready.

Niall Murray: Regardless of what happens in this match, Murray's improvement on clay has been incredible.

Aaron Jonathan Wood: Re Murray pep-talk. Believe in your game keep focused and stay in the moment point by point.

Sebastian Jenkins: This could be a monumental moment in Murray's career. Allez Andy!!

Sandra Williams, Merseyside: World number one? So what. Get out there. Fight. Believe.

Goosebumps Sandra.

The players are out on court. Both looked like they were carrying a few stomach butterflies as well as their racquet bags as they strode out.

Murray's coach Amelie Mauresmo is in place, hiding behind a pair of large aviators. Her counterpart in the Djokovic camp, Boris Becker, is sporting a big orange cap to beat the sun.

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One of the talking points from last night's truncated match was Novak Djokovic's apparent ailments and afflictions.

At various points the Serb seemed to be troubled by some sort of illness, touching his brow, gasping and pulling faces, and then his hip, doing some lunging stretches between points.

However those episodes seemed to coincide with some of his best tennis.

Andy Murray was irritated by what he felt was Djokovic play-acting during the Serb's Australian Open victory. Was there more gamesmanship last night? And even if there was, is there anything wrong with trying to eke out a little mental edge?

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

"Serena Williams has taken her first steps on court since Thursday, out on Court Four under the watchful eye of coach Patrick Mouratoglou, and after some gentle stretching she is now wielding a racquet. Well wrapped up in long sleeves and a pink baseball cap, she's not exactly moving much but hitting the ball fine.

"The American was given a pass on media duties for the last two days but, from her apartment, she told the WTA: 'I think I have some kind of flu, which makes it tough, because it's just a matter of resting and keeping hydrated - there's not much else I can do.'"

Chris Flavell: Get out there, throw absolutely everything at him - keep the ball in play and let him make the errors and Djokovic is worried.

Graham Allen: Andy Murray. No Fear.

Laurie from Bathgate: This next hour or so represents Andy's best chance of winning the French open. Never will he have such a short match against Djokovic again. A sharp start will have Novak reeling. It will also act as the changing of Novak's dominance against him. A real but very difficult opportunity.

You making me (even more) nervous Laurie...

Gigi Salmon
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

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Put yourselves in Amelie Mauresmo's shoes.

With the match intriguingly poised, what is your 140-character pre-match pep-talk to Andy Murray?

Go out and pepper the lines from the first point?

Feel your way into it with tight and tidy percentage tennis?

Or try some whispered trash talk into Djokovic's shell-like at the changeover?

Let us know via #bbctennis , externalor, if you want a few more than 140 characters, on text on 81111.

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Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

"Both Djokovic and Murray have been back out on Chatrier this morning for a practice, as if they need any after last night's exertions. Opinions and theories are flying around Roland Garros as to what will happen when they resume, with anything from 10 minutes to two hours of action apparently possible. The good news for everyone is that there will be no storms today - or threats of storms - and the temperature is holding steady at a comfortable 19C."

Pat Cash
1987 Wimbledon champion

"This is now a one-and-a-half set match, so anything can happen. We're looking at a match that could be over in 10 minutes. Murray has got to start well, be aggressive and on any small opportunities, go for it."

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So who will the mid-match night's sleep have favoured more?

Yesterday evening it felt like Novak Djokovic who wanted to retreat, reconsider and return refreshed.

The Serbian world number one is on a 27-match winning run, but with the light fading and the crowd massing behind Murray, he looked rattled.

Roland Garros is due to get a retractable roof in 2019. Murray looked ready to rig up a tarpaulin prototype to keep play going.

Advantage Djokovic?

Russell Fuller
BBC tennis correspondent

"Murray landed a few jabs on Djokovic in the first two sets but the world number one barely flinched.

"But from somewhere, Murray rediscovered his missing spark and Djokovic didn't enjoy the experience.

"He will still be phenomenally difficult to beat from this position, but Murray has a chance, rather than an immediate trip home."

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No-one does romance and revolution like the French and there was a bit of both in the air as dusk fell on Court Philippe Chatrier last night.

For two and a half sets it felt like this episode of the Murray v Djokovic was following the same trend as their last seven encounters - Murray's occasional glimmers of genius slowly snuffed out by Djokovic's relentless brilliance.

But then we went off script.

Murray stole the third with a late break and, with the momentum sloshing about all over the place, moved a break up before being pegged back himself in the fourth.

It felt like everything and anything was possible. Will it still in the cold light of Saturday?

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"I told myself, 'Just don't go away. Just don't make it easy for him. Fight as much as you can'. I think I got a little under his skin after the third set."

Not Andy Murray's words last night after play was suspended with Novak Djokovic leading their semi-final 6-3 6-3 5-7 3-3.

Instead those were the thoughts of Jurgen Melzer at Roland Garros five years ago.

The Austrian had just successfully fought back from two sets adrift to beat Djokovic.

So, the good news is that Djokovic can be pegged back.

The bad news is that Melzer's comeback is the one and only time he has been.