French Open final LIVE: Latest updates and scores as Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli vie for Roland Garros title

We are at the four-hour mark and you can tell just by looking at Zverev’s backhand in this game.

Two lacklustre efforts go straight into the net and just as Cobolli needs it, he’s got two break points. Every game in this deciding set has had a break point – the fortitude required to hold onto your serve at this stage is incredible.

Cobolli fails at the first opportunity, netting his own backhand. He then seems to have Zverev completely out of the next point on several occasions – but somehow the German survives long enough for Cobolli to fluff a smash into the fence. Unbelievable stuff!

Zverev is back on defence but finds himself 15-30 up, with it now Cobolli who is hitting his racket into his quad, feeling the strain of these mammoth match.

That lead goes to 15-40; Zverev is in touching distance of a two-break lead.

Cobolli saves the first with a delightful drop shot. But after Zverev responds with his own in the next point, he fires a backhand pass beyond the Italian who had been forced to the net.

Zverev breaks again! This is his to lose now.

Another drop shot does the trick for Zverev, with Cobolli only able to hit into the net cord. But Cobolli responds with a down-the-line pass of his own.

A big backhand is unretrievable for Cobolli, giving Zverev another opportunity to hold. This time he gets it done.

Back-to-back double faults kick off Zverev’s service game – this occasion has haunted him so many times, and moments like those are why.

He manages to bring the score back to 30-30 but goes long to give Zverev a shot at breaking right back.

Zverev salvages it, drawing Cobolli in with a drop shot before producing a backhand pass down the line.

Here we go. One more set to decide for the French Open title.

And maybe now, the nerves are creeping back in for Cobolli. After going wide to take Zverev 15-30 up, he fails to dispatch another dunk opportunity, with Zverev returning before successfully chasing down a drop shot to get two break points.

Both chances a fluffed by the German, but he keeps his head to return what Cobolli throws at him to take the advantage. The Italian then goes long, and Zverev gets the early fifth-set break!

The impassioned reaction towards his coach at the end there tells the story. Emotions are inevitably boiling over.

Zverev is pacing on the court waiting for Cobolli to re-emerge. He looks in pain – he took some sort of medication towards the end of the fourth set.

Let’s see how he holds up. Will it be more grand slam heartbreak for the German?

Take a breath while you have the chance.

This final, having looked like it could’ve been painfully one-sided in the first set, has turned into something of a classic.

After missing that basic forehand volley, it’s a SUBLIME passing forehand from Cobolli to win the set and take this to a decider!

We are going the distance!

It was there for the taking! All Cobolli has to do is dunk volley into an open court, but he completely fluffs it!

A lifeline for Zverev on serve.

Oh, Alex. It’s a double fault from the German, and now Cobolli is two service points away from a deciding fifth set…