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Standing in Andy Murray's way this afternoon is Grigor Dimitrov.

It's the British number one who holds the advantage in the head-to-head stakes as he leads the Bulgarian 7-3, having most recently beaten him in straight sets at last month's US Open.

Before that, though, Murray did lose to Dimitrov at the Miami Open earlier this year. In fact, Dimitrov has claimed some pretty big scalps in 2016, beating Stan Wawrinka at the Western & Southern Open and Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of this tournament.

Murray can't afford to underestimate him, that's for sure.

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We're getting quite used to seeing Andy Murray in the finals of a tournament in 2016.

Today, at the China Open, he's in final number nine. Can he make it win number five for the year?

So Konta moves up to eighth spot in the WTA Tour Finals list, the last of the automatic places for Singapore later this month. We'll take a short break, but Gary Rose will be back with you to see how Andy Murray fares in his final against Grigor Dimitrov from 12:30 BST. Cheerio now.   

Champion Radwanska tells the crowd: "Every title means a lot but especially here, one of the biggest tournaments of the year, where you play top players from the first round. I've been playing great tennis and making sure the trophy stays in a special place. I love to see Polish flags in China."

Still smiling, Konta is asked about moving into the world top-10 and says modestly "I guess it's pretty cool. I'm very pleased with this week, it was pretty spectacular. I'm very pleased with mny progress over the last few years, I'm really enjoying my journey and looking forward to matches like this against players like Agnieszka. Hopefully I'll have many more in the future."

Radwanska receives an enormous gold trophy that requires two gentlemen to present to her.

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Konta seems happy enough, smiling brightly surrounded by local children wielding flags from virtually every nation on earth as she receives a silver plate and a small yellow sun-visored cuddly toy. 

So Konta left to rue that smash drive volley into the net that would have levelled the match at 5-5 in the opening set. After only her second WTA final, we'll hear from the British number one shortly.

Russell Fuller
BBC tennis correspondent

Konta was well beaten in the end by the world number three, but will officially be a top 10 player on Monday morning and now has a very good chance of qualifying for the season ending championships in Singapore.

Konta has moved into the eighth and final qualifying position, but has only a 10 point advantage over ninth placed Dominika Cibulkova. There are two qualifying weeks remaining, with Konta now heading to Hong Kong, where she has drawn fellow Britain Naomi Broady in the first round.

The Briton valiantly holds, with Radwanska for once sending one of her stylish angled backhands wide of the mark. But the Pole will serve for the match.

Here's an unusual delay, three points from victory there is a lighting issue high up at the Beijing National Tennis Centre and umpire Juan Zhang has to leave her chair to direct instructions. We're ready to resume now.

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Konta has had two three-set matches on her way to the final, spending around an hour-and-a-quarter longer on court than Radwanska, but she forges two break points. A scything Radwanska forehand from a low, crouched position, with shades of England batsman Jos Buttler in full flow, arrows into the corner to save the first and Konta nets the second. The Briton battles to two deuces but sends a forehand long and Radwanska holds, meaning Konta will serve to stay in the match.    

Consecutive double faults do not help the cause and Radwanska has a double break, the Pole in sight of her 20th WTA title.

Konta has had seven wins against top-10 players this year but is yet to beat Radwanska. A difficult smash/drive volley under pressure ends in the net and she loses the game to 15.

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Konta saves a total of four break points in the game but Radwanska's returns are unbeatable and she makes the break.

Konta miscues a forehand, reminiscent of a tailender slicing to third slip, perhaps looking at the service line she thought the ball had missed. But there is no call and Radwanska holds to 15. 

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Well Konta lost the first four games against home-favourite Zhang Shuai, but then reeled off 12 in a row to win 6-4 6-0 earlier in the tournament. Bit of a different proposition against the formidable Radwanska, who fought back from 40-down to force three deuces, but Konta takes the game with a successful smash. The irony.

Russell Fuller
BBC tennis correspondent

Radwanska made an exceptional start to the set: showing great anticipation, as ever, with the variety of her game proving too much for Konta. 

The first break of serve was created by a piece of trademark Radwanska magic as she played an exquisite drop shot to curtail a baseline rally.

But Konta's fight back should give her a great deal of heart and if she hadn't put a straightforward drive volley into the net she would have broken back for five-all and extended the set.