An ace gives Taylor Fritz the perfect start in the game and Alexander Zverev can't return the next serve.

However, a double fault allows Zverev back in. The American then doesn't assert himself in a rally and Zverev punishes him with a forehand winner.

A shot into the net gives Zverev a break point and when Fritz goes long, the German moves within a game of the second set.

That is costly from the sixth seed, who was leading the game 30-0.

Cobolli goes long! Three set points Fery!

Todd Woodbridge
Former Wimbledon doubles champion on BBC One

Arthur Fery has got to continue to be aggressive here.

When he's had the short ball, he has jumped on it, he has attacked the backhand, he hasn't hesitated and he has kept coming forward.

All you can ask of Flavio Cobolli is to see whether he can come up with something extra special. This tie-break is a huge moment.

But another loose shot from Cobolli hands the initiative back.

Flavio Cobolli not giving this up. Sends Fery racing left and right in that point and eventually it's too much.

Pat Cash
Former Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Fery has this mental thing where he doesn't have anything to lose. He is hitting his shots and they are going in.

Flavio Cobolli batters a second-serve return into the net and is furious with himself.

With good reason, he's up against it now. Big serve again though gets him back within two.

A strong serve from Alexander Zverev forces Taylor Fritz deep and his looped return goes well beyond the baseline.

Fritz is long again in a short rally as the American battles but Zverev's strong serve is difficult to return.

A forehand into the net from the German gives Fritz a point but he holds to 15 with a volley winner.

And there's the mini-break as a Cobolli forehand drifts inches wide.

Big serve limits the damage but still advantage Fery. Early days of course.

Can't start a tie-break any better than an ace. Fery cool as ice.

Andrew Cotter
Commentator on BBC One

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You don't reach top 10 in the world or a French Open final without showing some nerve, and Flavio Cobolli showed that there.

That was only Arthur Fery's fifth ace of the match. An ideal way to start a tie-break.

Yep, a Fery return goes wide and we're into a breaker, people.

Cracking match this, proper tennis.

Fery on the defensive but comes so close to what would have been a ridiculous down-the-line winner. 15-30 on the Cobolli serve.

Big big booming serve makes it 30-30. Credit to Cobolli. He puts away a forehand soon after to move within a point of a tie-break.

A couple of errors from Taylor Fritz gives Alexander Zverev a sniff of a break.

But the American responds well with an ace and then a strong serve sets him up for a forehand winner.

Zverev hits back to force deuce but a mishit into the net gives Fritz the advantage and an ace secures the hold.

Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC One

These are big moments in this second set.

Just looking at the stats, they have both hit a similar number of winners - 17 to Arthur Fery and 16 to Flavio Cobolli.

But when you look at unforced errors, they are racking up for Cobolli - 27 for him and only 11 for Fery. The Brit has been so solid from the back of the court today.

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What a forehand winner down the line, Arthur Fery, with hardly any backswing. Instinctive and imaginative.

Oh and Cobolli finds the net next point... 0-30. Massive moments.

Naomi Broady
Former British player on BBC Radio 5 Live

Fery doesn't really run the shot-clock down. It's a bit like Cameron Norrie, wanting to test their opponent's fitness as well.

A fabulous rally to start game 11 of this second set, won by Fery.

The pair then exchange big forehands to share the next couple of points.

An ace and a failed Cobolli drop shot ensure that the Brit will, at the least, take this set to a tie-break.

But can he break the Cobolli serve again to pinch it before that?

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A wild swat sees Taylor Fritz go wide to give Alexander Zverev the advantage.

A superb sliced effort finds the corner of the court to put the German 40-0 ahead.

Fritz then stretches to return another slice but it goes low into the net as Zverev holds to love.

Andrew Cotter
Commentator on BBC One

Flavio Cobolli finally wears down the stubborn defence of Arthur Fery! I'm tired watching in the stands, let alone out on court - 23 gruelling shots later.

It was great play from the Italian, who has silenced the crowd with his own roar.