Once again, Murray fends off the danger of a break to hold.

He needed that.

Murray hits a forehand long to gift the first point of his service game to Bublik.

And then the Kazakh throws down an overhead smash for 0-30. Nicely done.

Murray pulls out an ace and Bublik lofts a drop shot wide to make it 30-30.

Oooh, Murray hit into the net to make it break point Bublik.

But another poor forehand drop shot from the world number 135 brings the score to deuce.

And Elise Mertens ensures Venus Williams will have to wait a little bit longer - first a forehand winner, then a fizzing ace down the T.

Can Williams serve it out?

Alexander Bulik gets us back in play and takes a quick 40-0 lead.

But those unforced errors are back.

The 20-year-old throws away two points before landing his 11th ace to hold.

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And we're about to get going again on Court One, where it's deuce, and Venus Wlliams is a game away from winning. Bet she loved that rain delay...

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

The scoreline is pretty conclusive but a look at the statistics tells you why Murray is so much in control of this match. Bublik might be trying to get the crowd on side but they can't do much to help when he's hitting 10 aces, but 11 doubles-faults, and 26 errors to just seven from Murray.

The Briton's second serve is generally seen as an area to attack, but so far he's winning 74% of the points when he misses his first serve.

Right, what's the score? Ah, yes. Murray leads 6-1 6-4 2-0.

Let's get back under way, shall we?

Boris Becker
Three-time Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

I like the potential in Bublik. I like his personality, he's not afraid, he's a showman. He plays to the crowd and talks to his opponent. Sometimes he chooses the wrong shot at the wrong time, but that will come with experience.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Some more from Nick Kyrgios, on why he didn't contemplate opting out of Wimbledon before his first round match, despite that nasty fall at Queen's.

"I spoke to the doctor before the tournament and he leaned towards not playing. But Wimbledon is my favourite tournament and it was not easy to pull out," he said.

"I thought I could win. Some opponents I probably still could have won against but not Pierre. I'm not taking anything away from him.

"Surgery? I don't know at the moment. I'm not a doctor."

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Twenty six minutes after the last point was played, Andy Murray and Alexander Bublik are back out on Centre Court warming up.

Everyone do a sun dance so we can have a clean run for the rest of day one.

Go on, give it a go...

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

The Voice of Wimbledon speaks: "This intermittent light rain is expected to continue for the next half an hour. We will continue to update you with further developments."

That brings a discontented murmur from the Centre Court crowd, possibly along the lines of 'Where is the roof?'

With the forecast apparently decent for the rest of the day, and this match going through quickly so far, there is no great time pressure, and organisers would much rather play the matches uncovered.

Once the roof is over, it must stay there for the conclusion of that match. They might hope to avoid that being the case should Petra Kvitova v Johanna Larsson start soon.

We've been running a vote on who you think will win the men's singles title this year.

It's now closed and we can reveal that 39% of you think this man is going to lift the golden trophy...

The people have spoken, Roger.

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Britain's Laura Robson after her first-round exit: "I didn't feel like I played at the level I can and it wasn't the way I've been playing in the last few weeks.

"I feel I let myself down a bit and didn't get into the match. I tried to play too perfect when I didn't need to go for so much.

"I thought I had a good chance with way I had been playing, there was no reason why I couldn't have won that match.

"She didn't have to do a lot, I gave her all the chances she wanted."

If you're just joining us - er, sorry about the rain - then here's what's been going on today.

• Nick Kyrgios was forced to retire hurt midway through the second set against Pierre-Hugues Herbert as he struggled with a hip injury
• It wasn't a good day for Laura Robson, with the British number four defeated in straight sets by Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia, while Cameron Norrie was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
• Elsewhere, there were wins for Dustin Brown, Simona Halep and Kei Nishikori.

Check out the results here

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Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

The rain has been very stop-start but just got heavy. Many inhabitants of Murray Mound are running for cover!

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Nick Kyrgios appears to be sulky at the best of times, so you can imagine his demeanour after limping into Wimbledon's main interview room.

The Aussie was predictably downbeat as he discussed retiring from his opening match against Pierre-Hugues Herbert with that long-standing hip injury.

Kyrgios said at the weekend he was only "about 65%" fit after aggravating the problem at Queen's, but insisted it was not a career-threatening problem.

"I did everything I could to help it. I did not have enough time," he said.

Adam Plumpton: How come they suspend play on Centre Court but all the other matches continue?? They are like 10 metres away!

Rufus: Watching the umpire get wheeled away because of the rain delay is by far the highlight.