Wimbledon – Nakashima v Kyrgios, Garín beats De Minaur and Rybakina through – live!

“We have to talk about Kyrgios,” begins Sam Rajasingham. “I think one of the things that’s very striking about the BBC commentary on this match and the last is the poor understanding of how mental health affects high-performance athletes. People seem to think Kyrgios is bad through some innate flaw. He’s been open about his struggles with mental health and clearly a lot of his chuntering comes from struggling with pressure. It feels like most of his complaints are either against the umpires, the rules… but really they seem more an expression of his anxiety. Listening to it makes me really wonder how painful it is to have that voice internalised.

And, so what if he swears? It seems really weird that people want tennis to be popular but don’t realise one of the barriers to that popularity is its perception as an upper class sport that only the rich can afford. Clearly some players are swearing in another language but they don’t get penalised at Wimbledon because it’s not in English. Why bother with these rules at all if they don’t apply across all languages?

No, Kyrgios isn’t perfect, and we all wish he had the ability to completely control his emotions and mind, but isn’t it unfair that we don’t let people be the complicated people they are, especially when the reason why they’re in the public eye is because they’re good at hitting a ball accurately?”

I agree wholeheartedly with all of this. We don’t know what’s going on inside anyone else’s head – goodness me, it’s enough trying to decode your own – so should always try and look favourably on those struggling, or those who appear to be struggling, rather than bitch about minor infractions that harm no one. Thing is, there’s an idea that sportsfolk owe us something – not just their full expression of their talent, but that they’re indebted to those of us who don’t have it, to compensate us for that. It’s a nonsense.

Next on No2 Court: Alize Corner v Ajla Tomljanovic.

Phew! Elsewhere, Fritz has broken Kubler at the start of set two – he’s all over him really, and as I type that he breaks again for 6-3 3-0. Back on Centre, Nakashima is hanging in there, serving at 1-2 in the fourth, Kyrgios leading by two sets to one.

Garin is struggling to vocalise how he’s feeling, which makes sense because how on earth can you? I know I’m sort of firing myself here, but the words to describe coming back from two sets down to reach your first major quarter, the first man from your country so to do in 13 years? Yeah, good luck with that. He tells us Wimbledon is his favourite tournament, he tried to be aggressive in the breaker, and he’s worked all his life for this. Goodness me, what a feeling that must be. He says De Minaur is one of the best players on grass, and when it’s posited that clay is his favourite surface, he says now grass is. He’s a lovely young man, and I’m absolutely buzzing for him.

Tangentially, is Garín Chilee-an or Chilay-an? I’m going the former, but partly because saying Chilay-an nauses people.

Cristian Garín beats Alex De Minaur [19] 2-6 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 7-6(6)!

What a comeback and what a match! The stones, wheels and lungs on the pair of these! De Minaur looked the better player for much of the match and much of the decider, but when it came to the p-r-e-s-s-u-r-e, Garin found better lengths and better weight of shot. He looks whacked, elated and shocked, rightly so, and will meet Kyrgios or Nakashima next.

Eeesh, De Minaur shovels an ugly forehand long, and suddenly the end looks nigh. Garin will now serve at 8-5, an unlikely victory almost his…

Four points in a row give Garin 7-5, and he’s jut three points away from a quarter against Kyrgios or Nakashima.

By the way, Fritz has won the first set against Kubler 6-3; Kubler has taken a medical timeout.

Meantime, De Minaur has not only broken Garin back but taken the advantage for himself as we near the four-hour thirty mark. Except he then goes long, twice, and we’re locked at 5-5.

The way Kyrgios attacked that breaker, with such focused viciousness, was affirming to see. There was just nothing Nakashima could do – the power and accuracy were beyond anything he’s able to offer, and judging by the kipper on him, he knows it too.

Kyrgios returns with a backhand Photograph: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock

Updated at 10.40 EDT

Oh man, Kyrgios is so special when he’s special, lasering a backhand return down the line for 6-2 before astonishing a forehand for the set and a tie-break dematerialisation! He leads 4-6 6-4 7-6(2), and do we think shoulder might be OK, mates?

Updated at 10.35 EDT

Kyrgios get the first mini-break which, given the way he serves and is serving, might be enough. Nakashima closes to 2-3, but when it’s Kyrgios’ go, he spanks down a brutal ace … talking of which, Garin unfurls a murderous forehand during a brutal rally, which he parlays into the first mini-break of that breaker. He leads 3-2.

A love-hold for Kyrgios means we’re getting a third-set breaker, while on Court 2, Garin has just about fought through a nervv service-game for a super-duper-breaker-decider. Ooh yeah!

By the way, it’s all going on at Edgbaston.

A spectator watches the England v India cricket match on their phone during the match between Nakashima and Kyrgios. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Updated at 10.40 EDT

Superb stones from De Minaur, who marches through deuce for his hold. However, Garin bussed his final challenge early in the game, so when he didn’t like the service winner that clinched it, he had no way of remonstrating other than with glares and grumbles.

…so saves the first break point with an ace and the second with a serve out wide followed by a forehand to the corner. Meantime, Kyrgios holds for 5-5 in the third, but he’s not exactly charging about if he thinks Nakashima has played a decent shot.

De Minaur hasn’t adjusted after the break, and he’s quickly 5-5 and 15-40 down…

Kyrgios looks in trouble here, clutching his arm as Nakashima holds for 5-4. In comms, they’ve been wondering if a different kind of personality would be hiding their discomfort, citing feats of endurance performed by Hewitt and Nadal, but that depends as much on the nature of the injury than it does on mental fortitude.

Kyrgios seems to be having difficulty with his shoulder. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Updated at 10.22 EDT

Oh man, diving behind the baseline to try and return the aforementioned, De Minaur grazed his hand and there’s claret, so we’ve a little break while it’s sorted.

Alex de Minaur dives to reach the ball. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters De Minaur gets medical treatment on his finger. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Updated at 10.29 EDT

But De Minaur nets a forehand, then Garin finds a huge serve, cleaning up with a forehand of similar proportions, so to deuce we go.

Hello! De Minaur gets to 15-40, and now has two match points!

Updated at 10.12 EDT

Which is to say yes, there are Aussie men in each of our featured matches, De Minaur noting that he’s never seen Kubler in a bad mood. He’ll be in one himself, though, if he loses to Garin having led by two sets to love, but he leads 5-4 in the decider and still looks the likelier winner. Kyrgios, meanwhile, takes more shoulder treatment at 3-4 in set three.

On No1, Fritz has won the first three games. one of them a break. Kubler, his opponent, is a 29-year-old Aussie who has, in recent times, started to fulfil his potential – he’s a former world junior no1.

BBC show us an interesting graphic, noting that the consistency of Kyrgios’ ball-toss is what facilitates his serve: it means he knows where it it’ll be, and also that it’s almost impossible for his opponent to get a read on him. But he’s got the trainer out for his shoulder, so we have a little break with Nakashima leading 3-2 in the third.

On No1, Kubler and Fritz are away, and what an opportunity this is for them. The winner here meets Nadal or Van der Zandschulp in the quarters.

Back on Centre, we’re on serve in set three, Kyrgios rushing through yet another dismissive love hold for 2-2. It’s hard to look beyond him at the moment, because his serve is so reliable that even if we go to breakers, you’d back him.

A netted backhand gives De Minaur 15-30, but Garin fights back for his hold, then De Minaur rushes through a love hold for 3-2 in the fifth. He’s serving really well again now, so I’d back him to see this home, but a couple of decent returns or a double and some second serve will is all it’ll take to make those words look silly.

On Court 3, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, seeded nine, have lost the first set on a breaker to John Peers and Filip Polasek, sseded seven.

I say that, but here we are at 30-all … so here comes a booming serve, handing Kyrgios set point; delivery into the body, a return into the net, and it’s one set apiece! Will class and experience now take over, or can Nakashima reassert?

And yup, De Minaur secures the break-back. This has been a really excellent match, on which point we’re brewing on Centre, where Kyrgios is now serving at 4-6 5-4. I don’t know how many points Nakashima has won receiving in this set, but it’s not many.

“I hope you are getting a swell of Australian tennis fans to you right now,” emails John Murphy, “as Channel Nine binned De Minaur’s interesting match to televise the lower-ranked player for people hoping for a bit of drama. Would’ve liked to have watched the rest of the quality match that I’d watched from the start. Please keep us up to date.”

I can see why they did that, but Kyrgios is also a very fine player, just as this De Minaur-Garin match is dramatic. On which point, Garin broke in the opening game of set five … though now trails 0-30 hoping to consolidate.

Next on No1: Jason Kubler v Taylor Fritz.

At the second time of asking, Garin serves out in set four to level the match 2-6 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4. De Minaur doesn’t look demoralised at forsaking his advantage though, so I’d expect him to give this final set his best.

Garin returns the ball to De Minaur. Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 09.38 EDT

Rybakina thanks everyone who came to support, then a wide shot shows us Rishi Persad is wearing white pumps with his blue blazer and beige chinos. I don’t know. Anyway, Rybakina says Martic improved through the match but she’s pleased with how she responded and after watching Wimbledon on telly as a kid, she’s happy to move on.

Back to De Minaur, he saved a further set point on advantage, such that Garin is now serving for the fourth set at 5-4. A decider looks imminent.

Elena Rybakina [17] beats Petra Martic 7-5 6-3!

She served out beautifully, meets Cornet or Tomljanovic next, and given the current way of things in women’s tennis – anyone can win anything – she can win this thing.

Rybakina of Kazakhstan celebrates after winning the against Martic of Croatia. Photograph: Kieran Galvin/EPA

Updated at 09.40 EDT

Kyrgios is serving beautifully now, consolidating his break and just this moment securing another love hold for 4-2 in set two. He’s putting in effort, and incredibly, that’s making a difference.

As I type that, Garin forces two set points; De Minaur saves both, one with an ace and one with a big serve, while on No1, Martic holds to force Rybakina into serving for the match. Can she keep loose?

Back on Court 2, De Minaur has retrieved one of Garin’s fourth-set breaks, now serving at 3-5. It might not be enough to win this set, but he’ll be happy to get going again with a decider looking imminent.

Rybakina has dropped just two points on serve this set, but can she hold it down with the line in sight? I said earlier that I felt Martic was the better player, but to clarify, I didn’t mean for evermore – at 23, her opponent will do some serious improving over the next few years. But in the meantime, she’s looking at a last-eight match with either Tomljanovic or Cornet, and will fancy herself against either, if she can get through this.

Martic hasn’t played the big points well so far and she tightens on an overhand forehand, netting to give Rybakina break point. But she saves it superbly, mashing forehands until she can nail one down the line … only to find that Rybakina isn’t letting her off the hook. She forces another break point. Martic mets tamely, and suddenly this is nearly one, Rybakina leading 7-5 4-2.

Meantime, an error from Nakashima hands Kyrgios break point, and he whips a backhand return cross-court … only for it to drop wide, just. Still, Nakashima doubles – that’s his second in the game – then frames a forehand! It’s tough at the top, and Kyrgios now trails 4-6 2-1.

Perhaps Kyrgios thought he could win this without extending himself, but the way Nakashima is playing, that’s not going to happen. They take a hold apiece at the start of set two, but it feels like Kyrgios is waiting to blaze successive winners, rather than working his opponent to work opportunities.

Nakashima breaks to take the first set off Kyrgios 6-4! He is playing beautifully, while Kyrgios is playing in flashes.

Nakashima reacts after winning the first set. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA The shoes of Nakashima are pictured as he jumps to return the ball. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 09.46 EDT

Rybakina holds for 2-1 in set two, with the aid of a net-cord. But Martic is, I think, coming – though I might just be saying that because she’s in my accumulator. I think she’s a better player than Rybakina though, and as I type that, she unleashes a gorgeous hooked, wrongfooting forehand. This isn’t over, not by a long chalk.

Thanks John and hi everyone. It’s not quite Manic Monday, but there’s loads to get us going. In particular, I’m buzzing for Badosa v Halep, but also enjoying the three matches we’ve got going on the now, so let’s wade right in to those.

And, with that, I shall pass you over to Daniel Harris for the afternoon session, and two matches that, while at different junctures, are very tight. It was Rybakina 7-5 Martic in the first set on Court No 1.

Kyrgios, by the way, has already dished out an underarm serve. Nakashima appears unruffled so far by the ruckus being brought to him. It’s 4-3, and new balls. The same cannot be said of De Minaur, who is now 2-0 down to Garin, whose drop-shot winner squeaked over the line, off the let-cord. A five-setter seems inevitable and the Chilean appears to have the greater energy.

An early break in the fourth set, with Garin, in the ascendancy and the beneficiary of De Minaur missing a gaper of a chance at the net. 0-1 in the fourth set. 1-2 on sets.

Alex De Minaur loses his serve early in the fourth. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Updated at 08.58 EDT

While De Minaur has failed to put away Garin, his possible next opponents, Nakashima and Kyrgios are at 3-2, serve being held. Already, Kyrgios is having an open dialogue with the umpire though it all seems to be cordial so far, and he is let sprawling by a lovely passing shot from his opponent. Kyrgios was complaining about the camber of the baseline. There’s always something.

De Minaur serves, and swiftly holds. Here’s the tie-breaker, and his chance to put Garin away. 6-6. He punches a volley for 1-1, despite a challenge from Garin. Great call from the line judge. Good serve and it’s 2-1 De Minaur. Garin spots the chance for a winner but then misjudges his forehand. 3-1 to De Minaur. An ace makes it 3-2. Then it’s 3-3 as Garin advances and crashes one beyond De Minaur’s reach. Then it’s De Minaur’s turn to get too excited and miss, to go 4-3 down. Then Garin’s serve and volleying takes him to 5-3, real dogged play from him. His serve is just as good for the next and there’s three set points. And, on the De Minaur serve, Garin is offered an overhead he isn’t going to miss. That set took over an hour, and there’s some way longer to go now. 2-6 5-7 7-6