Two smashes from Konta go into the net, including a break point and Radwanska claims the set in 45 minutes.

Five of the last six points won by the Briton and she holds to 15.

A magnificent crosscourt forehand brings Konta two break points. Radwanska saves the first with a miraculous volley at full stretch at the net but cannot prevent the second. A Konta comeback?

Radwanska has already won four of her five points at the net and she seizes in predatory fashion on a Konta drop shot to secure her second break.

That patience will be tested after losing the game to love, netting two backhands and seeing a volley fall narrowly wide.

Impressive variety from Konta, advancing to the net, there is a neat drop shot and the forehand looks strong as she holds to 15 and is told to stay patient by her coach in the changeover.

Konta prevails in a fabulous exchange of acute angled backhand volleys but loses the game to 30 after a backhand sails way too long.

Konta's forehand is called out, she calls for a review and is proved right, it was clipping the line. She is still 40-0 down though.

Former Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini, wrapped up in a padded overcoat, is an interested spectator in one of the myriad compact boxes in the lower tier of the huge arena. Konta is broken after being deceived by a neat drop shot from Radwanska and sending her response wide.

Radwanska has not dropped a set en route to the final and she holds her opening service game to 15, executing a delightful backhand lob in the process. The crowd are some way from the court but one spectactor is rebuked for talking too loudly.

A steady start from the British number one, holding serve to 30 and taking the opening game of the match.

Radwanska, resplendent in pale pink, wins the spin and elects to receive serve. Juan Zhang of China is in the umpire's chair. The players are firing down some serves and an expectant, though far from capacity crowd at the National Tennis Centre in Beijing awaits the start.

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Australian-born Konta, 25, was ranked 147 in June last year but won her first WTA title in July and will move into the top 10 when the new list is published in the morning. Radwanska, 27, has won 19 WTA titles but is yet to win a Grand Slam, losing to Serena Williams in her only final to date at Wimbledon four years ago. We're all set. 

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Later we'll see the British men's number one, Andy Murray, in his final against world number 20 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria but first up it's 11th seed Konta against pugnacious Pole Radwanska, seeded three.

That was also the year Frankie Goes to Hollywood (they've not had a mention in a BBC live text for a while) had three number one singles, the first of which was banned by the corporation. But it's no time for the current British number one to relax, Johanna Konta is facing world number three Agnieszka Radwanska. Welcome to our coverage of the China Open finals in Beijing. 

It was 1984, Martina Navratilova won the fifth of her nine Wimbledon singles titles and John McEnroe his third and final singles crown at SW19. The venerable, battling Brit Jo Durie reached number five in the rankings in January that year. It was so long ago, John Lloyd won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon and Annabel Croft was the girls' singles champion. 

Hello again. Here's an image you weren't expecting first up this Sunday eh? This lovely pair were the Wimbledon champions in the year Britain last had a player in the top 10 of the women's rankings. 

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