Andy Murray holds serve to keep in touch.

Nicolas Mahut only needs to do the same a couple more times though to take this match to a third and deciding set.

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They are also playing catch-up in the women's tournament in Birmingham, the Aegon Classic, where Britons Naomi Broady and Tara Moore (pictured) are both on court and involved in close first-round matches.

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Andrew Castle
BBC Sport tennis commentator

"Murray is being pushed back further into the slippery areas of the court more now than he was in the first set. He'll be keen to push himself forward a little bit and avoid those areas."

Nicolas Mahut is playing a game as classically French as a Gauloises fug in a jazz cafe.

The 34-year-old is scampering around the Queen's Club on tip-toes, covering every blade and stroking away deft groundstrokes and precise volleys.

He holds serve and Andy Murray has a little changeover chunter to the umpire, asking if they are going to play deep into the evening even if the court gets slippery with dew.

Here is a spot of sticky stuff for Andy Murray.

Nicolas Mahut with some velvet-glove stuff at the net brings up 0-30.

A Murray forehand is called long at 15-30. Hawk-Eye swoops to the rescue. It was in by a couple of inches.

But Murray sprays one wide off that same wing to offer up 30-40 and break point Mahut.

First serve missed. Second is returned deep by Mahut, who chases it up.

Up goes the lob, down comes the smash and the Frenchman is a break up.

Nicolas Mahut rattles off his own service game to love.

He can still stick a spanner in the spokes of the great Andy-wagon.

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Andy Murray prowls around at the back of the court, giving himself a private pep rally after another whistlestop hold to love.

The theory runs that Ivan Lendl's steely gaze zapping down from his players' box means that Murray thinks twice about taking out his frustrations on his own camp.

Certainly he has been pretty positive out there so far against a pretty testing opponent.

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Queen's Club

"Andy Murray did well to come through that first set against a very match-sharp Nicolas Mahut, especially with the booming voice of umpire Mohamed Lahyani on the adjacent court. 

"One "Correction!!!!" was terrifying. There have been a few rain drops around but it's bright enough for now, straight sets could get it done tonight."

Nicolas Mahut has a little wobble at 30-30, but his hand is back on the tiller sharply to ride out the danger. 

There is quite the brains trust in the Murray box with Davis Cup captain Leon Smith sitting alongside Ivan Lendl and Jamie Delgado.

They give their man a clap of approval as he sits down.

Talking of which there is a bit of a hold-up for the start of the second set as the chino-ed masses head off for Pimms.

One chap at the back of the queue for the exit bottles it as the umpire gets testy, re-taking his seat and leaving his thirst unquenched.

Right, we are finally ready...

John Lloyd
Former British number one on BBC Red Button

"Murray is not timing the ball perfectly but for his first match on grass after a break, he's playing very well."

Phew.

That was a tug of war and it is Andy Murray who wrestles the first set back into his corner as Nicolas Mahut folds under some net pressure.

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Tightrope walking.

Andy Murray swats a forehand into the middle of the net to bring a rally to an end and give Nicolas Mahut his first set point at 8-7 up.

It is on the Murray serve though. First missed. The second is a bold pump down the T though. Fended into the net. 8-8 all.

Another crafty serve, another netted return and Murray has 9-8 with Mahut to serve...

Andy Murray with a sublime, top-spinning lob brings up set point at 6-5 up on his own serve.

A big serve, but a block return sends the ball right up onto Murray's toes. Taken by surprise, Murray's forehand down the line is a fraction wide.

Chance gone, back on serve at 6-6.

Nicolas Mahut smears an ace across the paint for 4-3.

And then Andy Murray is caught by surprise by the depth of the Frenchman's return. Mini-break snatched back. 4-4.

Murray serves and volleys his way to 5-4. But it is back on serve

Andy Murray dusts away a forehand across court for a winner and then crunches down his eighth ace of the match so far to hold up his end. 3-2 Murray.

And the first mini-break! Mahut cuffs long and Murray has 4-2 and the upper hand as they towel down.

Andy Murray opens up the shoot-out with an ace.

Nicolas Mahut slaps a wicked deep backhand winner to level things up.

A corking serve by the Frenchman and it is 2-1 Mahut and on serve.

Andy Murray flings his weight behind a forehand at 30-0 down, but the platform was not solid enough for that and a rather unbalanced shot is swallowed by the tape.

Murray comes into the net on the next point, but his backhand volley also is snagged on the wire,

We are into a tie-break.

Andy Murray has dusted off his Wimbledon whites a fortnight early.

The British number one is glowing like a detergent advert. His game is squeaky clean so far as well.

He pats away a forehand volley to hold serve with room to spare once again.

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