Tennis

Mannarino just saved the first of two set points; come on Conor!

Doh! 3 sets points gone.

Diachenko - up a break in the 3rd set against Hantuchova

Niland wins first set 6-4.

Won the first set! 6-4 after five set points. Great start.

Edit - hantuchova breaks back - 1 game all - 3rd set.

If you didnt know what Conor Niland looks like and you are watching the match on tv , there is no doubt who the irish man is and who the frenchman is.

Wife watching at home telling me Niland has huge support - Tricolours everywhere - hopefully that will give him a big boost.

Mannarino serving now for the second set.

edit - One Set all.

Diatchenko beaten by Hantuchova - 4-6, 7-6, 6-3

Diatchenko.....

Hantuchova is Hot
Its funny that you can hear a pin drop when Mannarino wins a point.

3rd set tie break now.

Which Niland lost 7-9.

Maith an fear!

2 sets all!

Can't slag him for lack of effort anyway!

2 sets all now, come on Niland!

Not too into tennis but every sport is great when you have something to cheer for. Come on Conor

So close. Well played.

Bitterly disapointing for him id imagine - two breaks up in the last set - looked tired at the end.

Really gutted - thought he had it in the bag at 4-1, but them's the breaks (literally). The level of Irish support was amazing, at times it sounded like half of Limerick was in Court 17.

It's a Heartbreaker, I think when the crowd started to sing fields of athenry when he was two breaks up in the fifth might have gotten him a little bit nervous when closing out the match - he never recovered from that
But this will go a long way to him making the US open in a few months. SO close to centre court though

Great match now between nadal and Murray.

Shouldn't have replaced Britain's Andy Murray with Scotland's Andy Murray IMO