Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE updates of the 2021 French Open final between world number one, Novak Djokovic and No.5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Djokovic is hoping to become the first man in the Open era to win all four Grand Slams twice. The Serb won his first Roland Garros crown in 2016 and is the red-hot favourite to add to that solitary success on the red dirt after taking down 13-time champion Rafael Nadal. Can 22-year-old Tsitsipas stop his charge in his maiden Slam final? We’re about to find out. The players are due on court from 14.00 BST.

BREAK! – DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 6-3 3-0 TSITSIPAS. We see a bit of Tsitsipas from Sets 1 and 2 as he battles hard to stave off another break point. There are some wonderful exchanges but it’s Novak who again bosses it big time! A delicious drop shot bamboozles the Greek on a third BP and with the double break, you’d expect the anticipated decider is definitely going to happen now.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 6-3 2-0 TSITSIPAS. It’s rapid now. It’s not quite a Lorenzo-Musetti-style implosion but it’s very one-sided at present. Djokovic is clam, collected and taking cheap points quickly. He consolidates with ease and a second French Open title is looking very much on again now.

BREAK! – DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 6-3 1-0 TSITSIPAS. Oh dear. It’s going pear-shaped rapidly all of a sudden for Stefanos. Djokovic doesn’t have to do much as the Greek fizzes two forehands long before coughing up a timid break with a poorly controlled backhand. This has Djokovic in five written all over it.

This doesn't look like good news for Stefanos. He's receiving treatment/a massage on his lower back.

SET! - DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 6-3 TSITSIPAS. It’s close but not cigar for Stef. He sizzles a forehand and benefits from a careless double fault to apply heat at 30-30. Djokovic finds a ferocious forehand on the run to somehow avoid break point and then rifles another up the line off the same wing to take us into a fourth set.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 5-3 TSITSIPAS. Stefanos poses that serve-out question but he has to work very hard to do so. The Greek roars back from 0-30 to finish off a plucky hold via some exceptional foot work and quick hands at the net before thumping a forehand winner.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 5-2 TSITSIPAS. The Serbinator digs in from 15-30 down after a crunching forehand to his right wing had breached his defences. Nole produces a bewitching drop shot at 30-30 and traps Stef in his forehand corner to move within a game of taking Set 3.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 4-2 TSITSIPAS. Stefanos shifts his neck and moves his arm to suggest his back was a bit tight after back-to-back double faults put him in trouble at 15-30. He manages to adjust in timely fashion and reels off a trio of fine serves to stay just the one break behind.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 4-1 TSITSIPAS. The 18-time Grand Slam champion consolidates to 15 and is on course to reduce the deficit. Tsitsipas cannot afford to let the Serb feed on any good vibes here. He needs to reassert his authority and make a set of it.

BREAK! – DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 3-1 TSITSIPAS. Here we go! Tsitsipas looks so assured at 40-15 but Djoker goes big on a backhand up the line and suddenly finds an extra gear. Stef feels the pressure at deuce and sizzles a backhand wide. He saves it with a wonderful dropshot-crosscourt pass combo and continues to find Greek God mode on two more. Djokovic pounds away at the younger man’s defences but then arrows into the tramlines as he went for the kill on the fourth opportunity. The momentum briefly sways the way of Tsitsipas but the intense strain proves too much and the top seed earns the error on his fifth chance to breakthrough. Match on?

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 2-1 TSITSIPAS. There are very real signs of life with Nole. He’s forced to fight hard at 30-30 when Stefanos lashes a wrong-footing forehand to crank up the heat at 30-30. The Greek then unloads a forehand just long under pressure before the world number one corks a sparkling crosscourt forehand to keep nudging the board in his favour.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 1-1 TSITSIPAS. A pair of aces and that forehand once again work a treat for the No.5 seed as he keeps the Nole return train in the station with a focused hold to 30.

This type of serving is one of the major reasons Tsitsipas has made a great start today.

DJOKOVIC 6-7 2-6 1-0 TSITSIPAS. Djokovic inevitably left court between sets and it’s no surprise to see him come back with the switch flicked on. He eases to a hold to 15 and he’ll be eager to make some early inroads to fuel his belief.