What has the Italian got left?

Well, maybe he could be getting some help. Umbrellas are going up, the rain is with us.

A break in play now, although hugely frustrating for us, could be a good thing for Cecchinato to give him some time to get his head together.

Despite the rain, Djokovic holds his serve with a routine game to move closer to this going into a deciding set.

For only the second time in 10 games, Cecchinato has won a game. A much-needed one it is as well as you get the impression Djokovic is ready to put his foot on the accelerator even harder and race away with this one.

Some quotes from Alexander Zverev, who lost in three sets after struggling with injury against Dominic Thiem earlier today: "I couldn't serve, I couldn't do anything, but I still wanted to finish the match. I would rather end on a loss than a retirement."

Remember, Thiem plays the winner of this match.

Cecchinato is talking to himself in between the points and punching a winner at the net might give him a little bit of a boost, he certainly needs it.

A comfortable hold for Novak Djokovic. He, of course, has seen all this before and is not certainly not looking too concerned.

In only seven minutes Djokovic has raced into a 3-0 advantage in set four, looking to make it two sets all.

Some tough times for Marco Cecchinato. His mood will not be lifted by losing his serve at the first opportunity in set four.

He has only won one game in the past nine.

Now the Italian is 15-30 down and has just argued with the umpire over a disputed line call. Djokovic must be thinking the occasion is getting to his opponent and the Serb is surely loving what he is seeing from the other end of the court.

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We are hearing that Cecchinato's penalty was because he left the court without asking permission at the end of the third set. Not the worst thing he could have done, but it cost him a point.

Given a point at the start of the set, Novak Djokovic storms through the rest of the opening game.

Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for Cecchinato at the start of the fourth set, gifts Djokovic the first point of the set after a lengthy argument between Cecchinato and a suited official.

Cecchinato has never been in such a situation before, this is without doubt the biggest match of his life.

Keep it together Marco, keep it together.

Novak Djokovic has the trainer on once more. Earlier on a physio got to work on his neck and shoulder, this time the attention is focused on the legs.

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The second set took one hour, three minutes, the third is only a 27-minute affair.

Novak Djokovic storms through the last Cecchinato service game. The tide of this game is turning, and turning quickly.

But Cecchinato still holds a two sets to one lead and will be wanting to derail this Djokovic fightback and do so quickly.

We are getting mixed signals from Novak Djokovic. He keeps stretching out his hamstrings, looking in pain, but then storms through a service game. 5-1 he leads in set three.

This set may not be going his way, but what a performance so far from Marco Cecchinato, who has hit 38 winners today against Novak Djokovic.

The tales to tell the grand-children in the future will already be quite good, but can he add the winning ending?

But it is only a brief respite for Cecchinato, who cannot do anything to stop Djokovic taking the next two points and Djokovic storms into a 4-1 lead in the third, but, remember, is two sets down overall.

With two breaks now, it will be a massive surprise if Djokovic, 12-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic, throws this set away from here.

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Novak Djokovic has a break point, but once again the drop shot is unleashed from up the Cecchinato sleeve and back to deuce we go.

Now it is deuce. Can Djokovic move 4-1 ahead in the third?

15-30, Djokovic with a chance in game five.

For the first time in the third set, one of the players holds their serve, and that man is Novak Djokovic with Cecchinato sending a forehand long.

Cecchinato had not won a match at a Grand Slam before this tournament. Now he is holding a two-sets-to-love lead over one of the greatest players of all time.

Can Cecchinato hold his nerve, and keep his cool or will he let Djokovic back into this match?