Thankfully Basilashvili getting on the board has ended some triple bagel talk from you lot. It was making me hungry. Hopefully the Georgian will win a few more games and stop my stomach rumbling...

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

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Some rather ugly still-shots of David Goffin's earlier accident are doing the rounds, showing the Belgian's ankle to have rolled right over when it got caught underneath the covers stored at the back of the court. His opponent, Horacio Zeballos, had this to say: "It's very dangerous. The thing with this court is that it's very big. It's huge. It's six meters from the baseline to the end. But still, of course, it's a little danger."

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

Nadal is playing as well as he has ever played and is sending out a message to everyone else. He is playing a good player in Basilashvili, who is a good tour player and has beaten good players to get here.

That makes this performance even more impressive.

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Easy peasy. Rafa Nadal probably exerted more energy in his practice session this morning.

We've only been playing for 52 minutes and Rafa is already one set away from the last 16.

An ace puts him on the way as he serves for the second set, more mistakes from Basilashvili's forehand does the rest.

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

There was absolutely no reaction from Basilashvili to his box or the crowd after he won that game.

He's on the board!

Arguably the biggest cheer of the match greets Basilashvili's first game on the board.

A forehand winner - only his third of the afternoon - kicks him off nicely, going on to set up three game points.

The world number 63 takes the second and slightly puffs out his cheeks.

Exactly what Leon Smith says below.

Rafa is showing no mercy here, even though the Chatrier crowd - not always known for their forgiving nature - appear to be feeling sorry for the Georgian.

There's almost a hushed silence every time Rafa's side of the scoreboard ticks into action.

The Spanish fourth seed racks up another hold to love in about the time it takes to fill up a 500ml bottle of water.

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

Nadal is not going to feel sorry for Basilashvili. He's going to go after every single point to win this match as quickly as he can.

Another roar from the French fans, another show of support for the glum Georgian. That's because he has a first game point of the match.

First serve... well wide of the centre linme. Second serve... returned with interest by Nadal, a backhand comes back over from Basilashvili, but that is despatached with a hammer like forehand.

Suddenly that game point becomes break point... and Basilashvili meekly taps a backhand into the net.

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Oooh la la!! Rafa wows the Chatrier crowd with a stretching forehand that he somehow turns into a winner down the line. How did he manage that? Dunno.

Basilashvili sheepishly wanders back to his bag at 40-15, perhaps he is hoping to be substituted...

A change of racket is what he needs - and it works! The Georgian finally cracks his first winner with a thumping forehand and it brings huge cheers - sincere cheers, not patronising ones - from the fans.

However, normal service is resumed in the next point...

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

Basilashvili looks dejected, but he has to fight and fight and fight. He is in good form to get this far but if he keeps doing what he's doing it's going to continue like this.

He has to try to find a way to break things up and change his game.

Rafa once won a match at Roland Garros having dropped just two games. That might be beaten today...

Basilashvili looks like a bloke who has just found out he has been sacked from his job. Glum.

There is no hiding place for the Georgian.

Rafa relentlessly pins him back to the baseline, cracking glorious winners from both flanks and forcing mistakes.

Basilashvili has still not found a winner...

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

It's relentless. You don't get a breather because Nadal's standards are so high.

Another game, another one chalked up by Rafa.

Basiliashvili's head must feel like it has been on a 40C wash for half an hour.

Rafa whizzes through another hold to love in a matter of seconds.

Leon Smith
Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

If Murray, Djokovic or Wawrinka are going to beat Nadal then they will have to play a very good match because Rafa is not going to play a bad match.

It is possible to beat him, they can play well enough and have the strategy, but they are going to have to play at peak level.

On this form the rest of them might as pack up too.

Of course, nothing is guaranteed in sport but - on this evidence - Rafa has got to be odds-on to reach the final.

His footwork is impeccable, his shot execution superb.

The rest: beware.

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Wow. Wow. Wow. Vintage Rafa.

Nadal breaks the Georgian's serve again to wrap up the first set in just 23 minutes.

Two trademark whipped forehands whizz past the stretching Basilashvili and that is that.

Basilashvili must wish he stayed in bed this morning.

Jonathan Overend
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra commentator

Nadal's movement is astonishing, we shouldn't be surprised, but his footwork is so fast.

Although Nadal is cruising, he is still sweating like a marathon runner in 30C heat. The drips from the Spaniard's forehand are almost creating a pool on the baseline. The clay looks like Cleethorpes beach when the tide goes out. Almost.

It is not the tennis which is making Rafa sweat. Although a couple of loose forehands give Basilashvili a bit of hope at 30-30, normal service resumes as he finishes with a blistering forehand winner.