Duckworth finds an ace down the middle after netting on the opening point of his servince game.

‘Mon!’ cries Murray as Duckworth nets again.

Great return from Murray as Duckworth lands a first serve, fired straight back at the Australian and catching the baseline. Duckworth nets stumbling backwards.

Two break points. He saves the first with a big serve out wide.

Brilliant! There was a puff of white chalk as Duckworth hit the first serve on the line, but Murray defended well on the backhand slice after getting into the point, and Duckworth nets!

Three early break points for Duckworth. It’s brilliantly played from the Australian. Murray was right to follow up strong play by coming into the net but Duckworth produced two perfect lobs to pass him.

And there’s the early break. Duckworth attacks Murray’s forehand and the 35-year-old nets.

Duckworth, who has not won a match on tour this season, has settled very well and there are some uneasy glances around Centre Court.

An opening ace from Duckworth is followed by more aggressive play and Murray is forced to defend, but hangs on to win the point.

Murray then nets off more power from Duckworth but after the Australian clips the net, he tucks away a lovely backspin drop shot to get to 30-30.

Duckworth attacks Murray with the slice and then switches up to send him chasing, before putting away the smash.

40-30, but a good backhand from Murray at the baseline brings the error from Duckworth at the net.

Deuce, and it’s loose from Murray on the forehand side. Duckworth then goes for the drop shot - Murray reads it but can’t keep the flicked reply in play.

Murray is serving into the evening sun and two early errors from Duckworth quickly brings up 30-0. Murray then duffs a forehand which catches the line, and Duckworth puts away the forehand winner.

Murray then stretches to pick up a Duckworth forehand and the Australian steps in to put another winner behind Murray for 30-30.

Murray thinks he’s found his first serve but it’s long, Duckworth steps in again on the second but cannot get the pick-up over the net.

40-30, and as a slice from Duckworth creeps into the net it seals the opening hold.

*denotes next server

Centre Court still has plenty of empty seats following Raducanu’s win. I’m sure they will fill up as the first set progresses.

And we’re underway!

“Two minutes,” says the umpire on Centre Court as Andy Murray and James Duckworth conclude their warm-ups on the opening day on play.

We’re almost set and the roof remains open on centre. It’s turned into a fresh and sunny evening in SW19.

Murray won the toss and elected to serve.

Homecomings are rarely supposed to amount to more than a procession but, nine months after her dizzying US Open triumph, Emma Raducanu required all her skill and tenacity to survive the gauntlet of her Wimbledon return. Be it the weight of expectation, concerns over her fitness or simply the quality and guile of her dangerous opponent, Alison Van Uytvanch, it was a sense of jeopardy rather than celebration that underlined the 19-year-old’s debut on Centre Court.

A 6-4 6-4 scoreline couldn’t illustrate an exhausting 100 minutes on court that featured no shortage of drama as breaks were exchanged and momentum shifted as quickly as cheers could turn into gasps. Raducanu’s opening service game was a titanic saga in itself, but it was the Briton who drew first blood and, although she immediately surrendered that advantage, Raducanu rallied again to clinch a rollercoaster first set. The second was more assured, with Raducanu able to impose herself more on points and make use of her wicked forehand as she slowly ground down Van Uytvanck’s resistance. A double-fault surrendered the break at 4-4 and Raducanu closed out the match in style.

“It’s an incredibly special feeling,” Raducanu said. “I felt the support as soon as I walked out of those doors. I want to say thank you to everyone for supporting me, through the tough times as well. It’s all worth it to play here on Centre Court and come through with a win.”

“It’s an incredibly special feeling to be back at Wimbledon,” she said. “I felt the support the minute I walked out and walking around the grounds. I want to say thank you to everyone who has been here supporting, through the tough times as well, it’s all worth it to play on Centre Court and come through with a win.

“I know Alison [van Uytvanck] is a tricky opponent, she has had some great results on grass and I played her last summer and it’s really tricky to neutralise that hard serve, she hits the ball really hard.

“I’m extremely pleased to have come through that match and I’m looking forward to coming out and hopefully playing in front of you guys again.

“I’ve been feeling it [the support] since stepping onto the practice courts, I feel people behind me saying ‘Emma, you’ve got this!’ and it makes me think ‘yes, I’ve got this!’ It’s amazing to walk on these grounds and courts so I’m just so happy to stay another day.”

A delighted Emma Raducanu wins on her debut on Centre Court. She’s into the second round at Wimbledon but faces another difficult customer in Caroline Garcia. How far can she go?

There it is! Emma Raducanu wins on her Centre Court debut!

She moves 40-0 up in the final game of the match before firing a drop shot over to the left side of the court. Van Uytvanck races up to the ball and flicks it back but the teenage meets it on the volley and whacks it into the open space!

Raducanu is through to the second round.